Sovereign money for the digital age
In a world of increasing financial surveillance and capital controls, Ergo provides tools for genuine financial sovereignty. Optional privacy, true self-custody, and censorship-resistant transactions.
CBDCs threaten programmable restrictions on your money. Banks can freeze accounts. Governments impose capital controls. Your financial freedom is not guaranteed.
Ergo offers a fair-launch, decentralized alternative with native privacy features. Sigma Protocols enable selective disclosure - prove what you need without revealing everything.
Install Nautilus or SAFEW wallet. Write down your seed phrase offline. Never share it with anyone.
As first-gen privacy coins see a resurgence of activity, Ergo's composable zero-knowledge signatures offer new options for compliant confidentiality.
A plain-English guide to Sigma Protocols – the powerful, flexible zero-knowledge cryptography that powers Ergo's privacy and smart contracts.

Infographic contrasting self-custodied programmable money on Ergo with centrally controlled CBDCs across ownership, privacy, censorship and monetary policy.

Layered view of the financial repression stack and how Ergo answers with censorship-resistant settlement, open programmability and privacy on demand.
Non-custodial, decentralized mixer using Sigma Protocols for transaction privacy.
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