# Upgrade Complete! Secret Contracts LIVE on Mainnet

**URL:** <https://forum.scrt.network/t/upgrade-complete-secret-contracts-live-on-mainnet/2079>\
**Category:** General / FAQ\
**Created:** [September 15, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/upgrade-complete-secret-contracts-live-on-mainnet/2079 "2020-09-15T20:21:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![jlwaugh](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.scrt.network/jlwaugh/32/405_2.png) [@jlwaugh](https://forum.scrt.network/u/jlwaugh)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/upgrade-complete-secret-contracts-live-on-mainnet/2079/1 "2020-09-15T20:21:50Z")

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**Secret Contracts are LIVE on Mainnet!**

[https://blog.scrt.network/upgrade-complete-secret-contracts-live-mainnet/](https://blog.scrt.network/upgrade-complete-secret-contracts-live-mainnet/)

Fellow Secret Agents,

The secret is out! After years of research & engineering work alongside community coordination, privacy-preserving “Secret Contracts" are LIVE on mainnet. This means [Secret Network](https://scrt.network) is the **first blockchain to support encrypted, general-purpose computation.**

> **[Cash Maney](https://cashmaney.com/)**
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> Software is used to see data on a blockchain using a blockchain explorer, also known as a block explorer. Given how much it functions like a search engine

🔎 Full announcement is on the [Secret Blog](https://blog.scrt.network), including quotes from ecosystem contributors, along with more information about solutions already in development:

[https://blog.scrt.network/upgrade-complete-secret-contracts-live-mainnet](https://blog.scrt.network/upgrade-complete-secret-contracts-live-mainnet)

### Why are Secret Contracts important?

- Currently, everything done using smart contracts on a blockchain is public by default: your data, your transactions, your identity, etc.
- For blockchain technology to achieve global adoption, users (including companies and other organizations) need control over how their data is used – they can’t expose it to everyone.

**Following this upgrade, Secret Network is now ready for Secret Contracts with encrypted inputs, outputs, and state.** You can think of Secret Network as combining the programmability of Ethereum with the privacy of Zcash. This capability for [programmable privacy](https://blog.scrt.network/programmable-privacy) empowers developers to build their own permissionless, privacy-first “Secret Apps.”

🚀 🚀 🚀

Here is a fun sixty second video produced by @Julian (a member of our community) explaining what Secret Network is and why it matters:

[![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/enigma1/original/1X/280bd18300fbb7df47ef04b2fe510ae4bb3f4c46.jpeg "Introducing Secret Network - in Sixty Seconds") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c70BBVUCxxk)

Please let us know if you have questions or any feedback regarding this announcement ~ we will have more secrets to share very soon! 🤫

### Get involved in our community!

[Site](https://scrt.network) | [Blog](https://blog.scrt.network) | [Chat](https://chat.scrt.network) | [Wiki](https://learn.scrt.network) | [Docs](https://build.scrt.network) | [Twitter](https://twitter.com/SecretNetwork)

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**Author:** ![tor](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.scrt.network/tor/32/503_2.png) [@tor](https://forum.scrt.network/u/tor)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/upgrade-complete-secret-contracts-live-on-mainnet/2079/2 "2020-09-16T15:04:22Z")

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**Author:** ![tor](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.scrt.network/tor/32/503_2.png) [@tor](https://forum.scrt.network/u/tor)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/upgrade-complete-secret-contracts-live-on-mainnet/2079/3 "2021-02-11T13:58:56Z")

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