Mayor Eric Adams noted the city is considering zero-knowledge proofs to enable private activity on public blockchains while allowing selective disclosure to regulators or law enforcement, though he did not specify the exact technology

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while allowing users to reveal select information at the request of regulators or law enforcement.

Adams didn’t specify what sort of technology would allow that, but zero knowledge proofs are frequently cited as a tool that would enable private activity on otherwise public blockchains,