As we near the launch of Phala’s mainnet it makes sense to explain what Phala is and why we believe it provides the essential next-generation cloud service to the Web and beyond.What Exactly is Phala?At its core, Phala is a cloud computing network, which 1) offers computing power comparable to existing cloud services, but also 2) protects the privacy of managed programs (i.e., the programs’ internal states and users’ interaction with them are not publicly visible), and 3) maintains the proper...

As we near the launch of Phala’s mainnet it makes sense to explain what Phala is and why we believe it provides the essential next-generation cloud service to the Web and beyond.What Exactly is Phala?At its core, Phala is a cloud computing network, which 1) offers computing power comparable to existing cloud services, but also 2) protects the privacy of managed programs (i.e., the programs’ internal states and users’ interaction with them are not publicly visible), and 3) maintains the proper...