# Inco

> The confidentiality layer of Web3

Inco helps users add confidentiality to smart contracts by enabling encrypted state and private compute on existing blockchains.

Inco helps developers add confidentiality to smart contracts on existing blockchains. It supports encrypted onchain state, private operations, and programmable access control through two approaches: a TEE path for low latency and an FHE/MPC path for stronger privacy. The system works with EVM tooling for easier adoption.

- Type: Company
- Sector: Privacy & Confidentiality
- Status: Active
- Founded: 2023-09-01
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/inco

## Products

- [Inco Lightning](https://thegrid.id/profiles/inco): Inco Lightning is a TEE-based confidential compute layer for EVM contracts that enables encrypted inputs, operations, and access controls with low latency. (Developer Tooling, Open Beta, Main Product)
- [Inco Atlas](https://thegrid.id/profiles/inco): Inco Atlas is an FHE and MPC-based confidential compute layer for EVM contracts focused on maximum privacy for encrypted data and state transitions. (Developer Tooling, In Development)

## Links

- [Main](https://www.inco.org)
- [Documentation](https://docs.inco.org)
- [Blog](https://www.inco.org/inco-blogs)
- [Media Kit/branding](https://www.inco.org/brand-guide)
- [Whitepaper](https://github.com/Inco-fhevm/confidential-erc20-framework/blob/main/whitepaper.pdf)
- [Privacy policy](https://www.inco.org/privacy)
- [Terms of Service](https://www.inco.org/terms-of-services)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/inconetwork)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/Inco-fhevm)
- [Discord](https://discord.gg/inco)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@Inco_Network)
- [Farcaster](https://farcaster.xyz/inco)
- [Telegram](https://t.me/inconetwork)

## Legal

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- [Data Licensing & Disclaimers](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/data-licensing-and-disclaimers): Licensing models and disclaimers
- [Open Data (ODbL)](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/open-data): Open Database License terms and scope for The Grid's open data service.
- [Attribution Guidelines](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/open-data-attribution-guidelines): How to attribute The Grid's data when using the open data service.
- [Web Services Terms](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/web-services-terms): commercial Terms for using data services.
- [All Legal Documents](https://about.thegrid.id/legal): Full index of terms, policies, and disclosures

## Optional

- [TGS Field Descriptions](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/tgs-field-descriptions.md): Schema field definitions for The Grid's data model
- [TGS JSON Structure](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/tgs-json-structure.md): Data model structure and relationships
- [Product Type Definitions](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/product-type-definitions.md): Definitions for each product type
- [Product Type Classification](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/product-type-classification.md): Guide for classifying products into types
- [Grid MCP Guide](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/grid-search/skills/grid-query/references/grid-mcp-guide.md): How to query The Grid programmatically via MCP