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# ShadeCash Introduction

## What is Shade.Cash?

Shade.Cash is a decentralized protocol for private transactions on the Fantom Opera network.\
Shade achieves transaction privacy by breaking the on-chain link between the sender and the recipients address. A smart contract is used which accepts FTM deposits, this can then be withdrawn by any address. Once a withdrawal is done by a new address, there is no way to link the deposit to the withdrawal thus ensuring complete privacy.