fhevm is a full-stack blockchain framework designed to integrate Fully Homomorphic Encryption into smart contracts. It provides a platform for developing confidential smart contracts that can process encrypted data and execute private on-chain computations without decrypting the underlying information.
The framework utilizes a coprocessor system to offload resource-intensive encrypted operations to an asynchronous service, improving blockchain performance and scalability. It incorporates a secure key management service based on multi-party computation and a zero-knowledge proof verifier to ensure the legitimacy of encrypted inputs before they are processed.
The system covers broad capability areas including ciphertext computation for mathematical and boolean operations, decryption access control, and blockchain event synchronization. It also includes infrastructure for routing decryption requests, managing cryptographic materials, and handling contract upgrades via proxies.