What is Darklake

Darklake is a privacy-first DEX using ZK proofs to prevent MEV before it starts.

Darklake’s zkAMM encrypts trade size, direction, and slippage to ensure trader intent remains private. This prevents malicious actors from extracting value through front-running, sandwiching, or other forms of MEV.

Unlike other systems that mitigate the negative effects of MEV through retroactive protection or L2 wrappers, Darklake builds native defense directly into its execution logic with built-in encryption at the protocol level.

Technical overview

Darklake's Blind Slippage AMM Pool execution model ensures that each trade intent remains private from the moment an order is submitted all the way until after its execution and settlement. ZK proofs are used validate whether the price action does or does not exceed the minimum acceptable output of a trade, without revealing it in the process. This removes pending trade data access from bots and arbitrageurs, eliminating the opportunity for classic malicious MEV extraction strategies like sandwich attacks.

Launch Pools

At launch, Darklake will support:

• USDC–SOL

• USDT–SOL