IV. Agents of Obscurity

What Is a Relayer?

Relayers are independent participants within the Voidify protocol who help facilitate privacy-preserving withdrawals. By submitting transactions to the blockchain on behalf of users, relayers prevent withdrawal wallets from being linked to deposit addresses — all without ever accessing user funds or identities.

Key Functions and Guarantees

  • Privacy-Preserving: Allows users to withdraw without revealing their own wallet address on-chain

  • Trustless Operation: Relayers cannot alter, reroute, or access deposited funds — all transaction data is validated by zero-knowledge proofs

  • Gas Support: Useful when the recipient wallet has no SOL to cover transaction fees

  • Decentralized Network: The relayer system is open and community-run; protocol developers have no centralized control

Relayers are essential to Voidify’s privacy model — acting as anonymous broadcasters to maintain unlinkability between deposit and withdrawal events.

Why Relayers Matter

Even with zero-knowledge proofs, withdrawing directly from your own wallet exposes your public key on-chain. This reintroduces traceability and erodes privacy.

Relayers solve this by submitting your withdrawal transaction through their own address — unlinking you from both the proof and the transaction broadcast.

⚙️ How It Works

  1. The user generates a zero-knowledge withdrawal proof off-chain

  2. The user transmits the proof and request to a relayer via a private channel

  3. The relayer broadcasts the transaction from their own address

  4. Funds are transferred to the recipient address

  5. The relayer receives a protocol-defined fee included in the transaction

Throughout this process, the relayer never knows the origin, identity, or intent of the user — preserving full operational privacy.

Why Become a Relayer?

Holders of the ∅ token can register as relayers and:

  • Earn a percentage of the fees on each processed withdrawal

  • Set custom fee rates within protocol-defined limits

  • Access referral tools to grow their network

  • Contribute to the health and growth of the anonymity set

🔒 Only ∅ token holders are eligible to operate as relayers. Non-holders cannot participate.

🚀 How Do I Become a Relayer?

Relayer onboarding tools will be available following the release of V1. Stay connected via our community channels for announcements, documentation, and registration details.

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