

Hardware Accelerated FHE in Practice: Talk + Technical Workshop | Optalysys
This event is hosted @ The Zama CoFHE Shop
Presented by: Optalysys
Featuring: Nic Lawrence (VP Product, Optalysys) & Joe Wilson (Head of Strategic Innovation, Optalysys)
In part one
Join Nic Lawrence (VP Product, Optalysys) as he shares:
A detailed look at the first enterprise-grade FHE acceleration server
An analysis of some DeFi use cases and how SW tools can help developers and architects to predict system performance and hardware requirements (tools are available to try)
A look ahead to a an exciting photonic future for confidential computing
In part two
Joe Wilson (Head of Strategic Innovation) will lead a technical workshop, including:
Showcasing the Optalysys testnet, built on Zama’s fhEVM architecture + Optalysys’ LightLocker Node FHE co-processor
Join in an encrypted online game, using a dApp running on the Optalysys testnet.
We warmly invite everyone to join us for what promises to be an interesting and interactive session, and we look forward to sharing ideas and discussing real-world deployment of confidential blockchains over coffee and snacks.
💡 About Optalysys: hardware accelerates encrypted compute so that builders can deploy FHE without compromising on UX or performance. By offloading heavy FHE primitives to dedicated hardware while surfacing them through developer-friendly APIs, we enable Web3 teams to ship confidential smart contracts, private DeFi rails, and privacy-preserving AI without reinventing their stack.
📍 About the Zama CoFHE Shop: Your favorite homebase is back for the DevConnect week. The Zama CoFHE Shop is open from Monday, November 17th to Friday, November 21st, 7.30AM to 8.30PM (with evening afterwork events). Come enjoy good coffee, attend cool meetups and meet the Zama team. Find all info and meetups schedule here.