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🏛 Deploying Zaphenath on a Private Blockchain

Zaphenath is designed to be EVM-compatible and works seamlessly on private or consortium chains. This is ideal for regulated environments such as law firms, financial institutions, or corporate governance where data flow and node participation are restricted.

🧩 Why Use a Private Chain?

Benefit Description
Controlled Participation Only approved nodes can read, write, and mine blocks
Custom Gas Policies Tailor gas costs or make interactions gasless for known actors
Privacy & Confidentiality Operate without exposing transactions or data logs to the public internet
Regulatory Alignment Match data access with internal compliance and legal processes

⚙️ Setup Requirements

1. Choose a Framework

  • Geth private network (PoA or Clique)
  • Besu with permissioned access
  • Ganache for local testing

2. Adjust Genesis File

Set chainId, blockTime, and difficulty appropriately. For PoA, configure signers.

"config": {
  "chainId": 1337,
  "clique": {
    "period": 5,
    "epoch": 30000
  }
}

3. Start Your Nodes

Run multiple instances to simulate consortium consensus:

geth --datadir node1 --networkid 1337 --http --http.port 8545 --nodiscover --mine --unlock "0x..." --password password.txt

4. Deploy Zaphenath

Use Foundry or Hardhat to deploy the contracts:

forge script script/Zaphenath.s.sol \
  --rpc-url http://localhost:8545 \
  --broadcast --private-key $PRIVATE_KEY

🔐 Customizations for Private Chains

  • Role registry contracts to align with enterprise LDAP or user databases
  • Ping automation via scheduled bots or off-chain backend integrations
  • Encrypted logs or suppression of event emission for full confidentiality

🧪 Best Practices

Practice Why it matters
Use TLS and firewall rules Prevents external discovery or access
Define onboarding/offboarding Securely manage participant key material
Mirror to IPFS or Arweave Enables off-chain archival with hash consistency
Run time audits internally Catch timeout misconfigurations before key creation

🌐 Example Use Cases

  • Internal HR documents that unlock after employee departure
  • Legal proof-of-life systems for will verification
  • Private board meeting notes with delayed access to voting blocks

Zaphenath is EVM-neutral. If your infrastructure supports Solidity and block timestamps, it supports verifiable trust at rest.

Need help deploying privately? Contact us.