Onchain Features · 06 / 8
Private by Design
Confidential balances, auditable on demand.
Public ledgers expose every balance. Tempo Zones keep balances and activity in a private ledger anchored to Tempo, so who got paid stays confidential while auditors and regulators can still be given access. Zones are in limited preview.
Contractor · AR$1,180.00
Contractor · NG$2,425.00
Contractor · PH$3,670.00
public viewPrivate
Balances and transfers inside a zone
Source · Zones docs
Public
Deposit and withdrawal amounts
Source · Zones docs
Preview
Status
Source · Zones docs
Today vs Onchain
TodayOnchain
Contractor balancesVisible to anyoneVisible to the zone operator
Payroll recipientsPublic addressesEncrypted to the operator
AuditExport and rebuildSelective disclosure
LiquidityPrivate chain silosSettles to shared Tempo
Who Can See What
Switch viewer. A zone hides individual activity from the public while settling totals to Tempo.
Viewer
Deposit / withdrawal amountVisible
Deposit recipientHidden
MemoHidden
Balances inside the zoneHidden
Transfers inside the zoneHidden
Batch checkpoints on TempoVisible
Zone ledger · as public
Contractor · AR$2,410.00
Contractor · NG$1,180.50
Contractor · PH$3,925.10
Zones are in limited preview. The operator can read the ledger; deposit and withdrawal amounts are public on Tempo.
How It Works on Tempo
01
Deposit into the portal
Funds lock on Tempo; the zone mints a private balance.
02
Transact privately
Transfers happen inside the operator-run zone.
03
Settle in batches
Sequencer-signed checkpoints post to Tempo.
Built on08Privacy
In Practice
Deel· Payroll
Local currency
Private USD
Contractor pay
“Millions of contractors around the world watch their earnings lose value the moment they land.”
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Coastal Bank· Banking
Days
Minutes
Cross-border
“What was particularly interesting about Tempo was that they were focused on a payments-first use case and on enabling the next generation of money movement.”
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Howard Hughes· Corporate treasury
Month-end
Always
Reconciliation
“We're working to solve this with Tempo as a single, trustworthy ledger across every entity and every payment rail, while protecting the security of our sensitive information.”
Read storyWhat It Unlocks
01
Private payroll
Deel keeps payout history confidential.
02
Confidential corridors
Coastal settles with selective disclosure.
03
Sensitive ledgers
Howard Hughes keeps construction budgets private.