Flare Launches First Flare 2.0 Deployment With Confidential Compute on Songbird

Flare is taking the first major step toward its long-term Flare 2.0 vision.

The blockchain network has announced that Flare Confidential Compute (FCC)—the first implementation of its next-generation architecture—is set to be deployed on Songbird, Flare's canary network, pending community approval in a governance vote scheduled for July 6–13.

The upgrade introduces confidential computing to a live blockchain environment, allowing decentralized applications to securely execute transactions across multiple blockchains while keeping sensitive operations protected inside trusted hardware.

If approved, the deployment will mark the beginning of a broader roadmap designed to make Flare a programmable execution layer for assets issued on other networks.

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Giving Blockchains a Compute Layer

Many blockchains excel at issuing and transferring assets but offer limited capabilities once those assets leave their native ecosystems.

Flare believes it can solve that problem.

Its Confidential Compute architecture combines Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) with Flare's decentralized data protocols, enabling applications to execute transactions on external blockchains while maintaining decentralized verification on Flare.

The company sees the technology as a way to bring assets from networks such as the XRP Ledger into decentralized finance without requiring users to manually bridge funds between chains.

"XRPL is the layer where assets get issued, while Flare acts as the compute layer that adds smart features and flexibility," said Hugo Philion, Co-founder and CEO of Flare. "What Flare gives to Ripple and to the XRP Ledger is the ability to do more with RWAs once they are issued."

What Flare 2.0 Actually Adds

The Songbird deployment introduces three major components that form the foundation of Flare 2.0.

The first is Protocol Managed Wallets (PMWs), which allow decentralized applications to create and control wallets on external blockchains according to protocol-defined rules rather than relying on centralized custodians or individual users. At launch, PMWs will support the XRP Ledger.

The second is Flare Data Connector V2 (FDC V2), an upgraded verification layer that replaces batched attestations with faster, individually processed confirmations. The system enables applications to independently verify that transactions on external blockchains occurred exactly as expected.

Together, PMWs and FDC V2 create the infrastructure needed for developers to build applications that interact with assets across multiple blockchains while maintaining verifiable execution.

The third component is the confidential compute framework itself, which allows sensitive computations and cryptographic keys to remain protected inside hardware-secured Trusted Execution Environments.

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Why It Matters for Tokenized Assets

The launch comes as the XRP Ledger continues attracting interest for real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, thanks to its fast settlement, low transaction costs and enterprise-friendly features.

While XRPL has become an increasingly popular network for issuing tokenized assets, Flare aims to expand what those assets can actually do after they're created.

Instead of simply moving assets between wallets, developers could build decentralized lending, trading and financial applications that interact with XRP-based assets without forcing users to navigate multiple blockchain networks themselves.

As institutional adoption of tokenized assets accelerates, interoperability and secure cross-chain execution are becoming increasingly important pieces of blockchain infrastructure.

A Live Test Before Mainnet

Rather than launching directly on its main network, Flare is first deploying FCC on Songbird, its canary network used to test upgrades under live conditions before they reach production.

During the initial rollout, Trusted Execution Environment nodes will be operated by the Flare Foundation using Google Confidential Compute, while participating Songbird data providers validate execution through weighted consensus.

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Developers will also gain access to documentation, architecture specifications and implementation guides as they begin building applications on the new infrastructure.

The governance process begins with a notice period running from June 29 to July 5, followed by community voting between July 6 and July 13.

If approved, FCC will become the first live deployment of Flare 2.0—bringing confidential computing, cross-chain execution and protocol-managed wallets from roadmap to reality.