Secure Execution Zones

A secure execution zone is a secure area within a node's processor that ensures key shares and sensitive data remain confined and fully isolated from other machine processes.

While incorporating a secure execution zone to a node adds extra expenses for node operators due to the need for specialized hardware, it can exponentially increase the potential earnings.

The secure execution zones are offering enhanced security, which may lead to higher demand for nodes supporting them.

Incentive-wise, all the nodes equipped with the secure execution zones will gain access to a larger pool of computational tasks, as many secure computing applications demand the enhanced protection that they offer.

Clusters set specific requirements for secure execution zones enabled nodes, and by offering this capability, a node becomes eligible for both tasks, with the secure execution zones equipped or not. This flexibility increases the number of Clusters the node can join, expanding its computational workload and, consequently, boosting its overall earnings.