Decibel Trade activates Aptos Encrypted Mempool to shield trader orders
- —Order details stay hidden until finalization; sender address and gas fee remain public
- —AIP-144 was approved around October 12, 2026, with decryption keys split across validators
- —Encryption adds roughly 20–27 ms of latency, about 14% overhead
- —Decibel Trade has processed over $8.2 billion in cumulative volume since February 2026, $1.3 billion in the past 30 days
Why it matters: Consensus-level frontrunning protection without a trusted relay could draw larger orders to onchain venues and pressure rivals to follow.
Source: Crypto Briefing