Public

Standard on-chain transaction. Sender, recipient, and amount are fully visible. Used when privacy provides no marginal benefit.

Level 1 privacy is standard blockchain transparency. In this mode, AnonProof does not apply any privacy primitives — the transaction is broadcast exactly as the user signed it.

When to use Public mode:

• Small value transactions to trusted friends or family.
• Public donations where visibility is intended and beneficial.
• Transactions to known exchange deposit addresses where KYC is already present.
• Interactions with public smart contracts (e.g., claiming a standard airdrop, voting on a public DAO proposal).

Public mode has the lowest transaction overhead and zero additional latency. The Context Engine never selects Level 1 when the recipient address shows any sign of exposure or when transaction value exceeds the user's typical pattern.