Tempo ships Zones on testnet: private EVM chains running parallel to mainnet for enterprise stablecoin payments

Tempo has launched Zones on testnet, a new feature that lets developers create EVM-compatible private chains running in parallel to Tempo mainnet. According to Tempo, each zone has an operator that sequences and confirms transactions inside the zone, while transfers into and out of a zone are handled through mainnet with encrypted recipient data on deposit and cryptographic commitments on withdrawal. The company says this design keeps on-zone activity private from the public while preserving user ownership of assets and enabling seamless movement between zones and mainnet. The main context is that Tempo is positioning Zones as an enterprise payments and stablecoin infrastructure layer, with examples such as payroll and other company payment workflows. Tempo says zones can scale horizontally by adding more private blockspace, avoid fragmenting liquidity by using Tempo mainnet’s liquidity instead of each zone needing its own pools, and let any TIP-20 asset on mainnet be enabled in a zone by the operator along with its TIP-403 policy. The launch is currently on testnet, with the first zone available there and private balances supported in the Tempo Wallet, while the protocol software is described as open-source and permissionless for anyone to run.

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