Unlocking the 99%

The fundamental value proposition of Swarm Network lies in unlocking use cases that were previously impossible due to data accessibility constraints. Traditional blockchain applications are limited to the approximately 1% of real-world data that is publicly available—price feeds, weather data, publicly traded asset information, and other openly accessible information. The remaining 99% of valuable data remains private for legitimate reasons including personal privacy, corporate confidentiality, regulatory compliance, and competitive advantage. Swarm Network’s privacy-preserving verification enables blockchain applications to interact with this 99% of data, expanding the design space for decentralized applications by orders of magnitude.

This expansion manifests across multiple dimensions. Financial services can now offer sophisticated products that require verification of private financial information, from undercollateralized lending to income-based derivatives. Insurance applications can settle claims automatically based on verified private outcomes without exposing sensitive health, property, or business information. Identity systems can prove attributes about individuals without revealing unnecessary personal details, enabling privacy-preserving access control and compliance verification. Prediction markets can trade on outcomes derived from non-public data sources, creating entirely new categories of information markets. Enterprise applications can leverage blockchain technology without exposing competitive intelligence or violating confidentiality requirements.