# Miden Pitches Configurable Compliance as the Missing Piece of Private On-Chain Finance

The privacy-first network, spun out of Polygon Labs, keeps account state on the user's device and is building recovery, multisignature and policy controls on top of it ahead of a mainnet planned for this year.

- Published: 2026-08-12T05:36:54.490Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-08-12/miden-pitches-configurable-compliance-as-the-missing-piece-o
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: crypto
- Sources: [Miden](https://miden.xyz/blog/what-is-miden-guardian), [Miden](https://miden.xyz/blog/practical-privacy), [OpenZeppelin](https://www.openzeppelin.com/news/private-state-management-on-miden)

Miden, the zero-knowledge network that spun out of Polygon Labs, has published its case that most blockchains are not private and that the general public is only beginning to understand what that means in practice. Its architecture inverts…

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