How to send TOMO privately with the Incognito Wallet

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Incognito Chain

5 min readNov 25, 2019

Highly secure, low latency, and near-zero fee transactional system TomoChain relies on a system of 150 Masternodes with Proof of Stake Voting (PoSV) consensus that can support near-zero fees and 2-second transaction confirmation times.

Security, stability and chain finality are guaranteed via novel techniques such as double validation, staking via smart-contracts and “true” randomization processes.

For those seeking privacy however, right now, if you send, receive or store TOMO, that’s all entirely visible on the TomoChain block explorer. Anyone can uncover your TOMO holdings and activity with a single click. Having the choice of privacy is really important — so Incognito built the Incognito-TomoChain bridge and a super simple mobile interface.

This article will cover how to activate incognito mode for your TOMO.

1. Get TOMO tokens & download Incognito wallet

If you are reading this article, you’re probably already a TOMO holder. If not, here are several ways to get TOMO.

First, download the Incognito Wallet:

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2. Send it to your Incognito Wallet

Think of your Incognito Wallet as your home on the Incognito Chain. Any tokens (say, TOMO) that get sent here temporarily become privacy tokens (pTOMO) for the duration of their stay.

As long as your private tokens move only within the Incognito Chain (via Incognito Wallets), they can be sent, received and stored with complete confidentiality. Incognito also supports all other ERC20 and BEP2 tokens.

Now, add TOMO to your list of tokens. Select ‘Follow a token’, search for TOMO, and tap to add. Please be sure to check that you are following the original TomoChain token, as issued on the TomoChain network.

Then, tap TOMO and you’ll see the option to make a deposit. You’ll need to do this to turn your TOMO into pTOMO.

Tap ‘Deposit’, copy the wallet address shown (your pTOMO address), and paste it into your TOMO wallet, or simply scan the QR code from your TOMO wallet.

Once you’ve sent TOMO to your Incognito Wallet, you’ll see it reflected there as pTOMO. Success! Your TOMO is now 100% confidential.

Transaction of TOMO tokens from a public wallet + Tx Hash

3. Send pTOMO privately

To send pTOMO privately, obscuring the sender, receiver, amount and timestamp of the transaction, make sure the recipient also has an Incognito Wallet. pTokens can only retain their privacy on the Incognito Chain.

Tap ‘Send’. Enter the amount you want to send and the receiving wallet address. You’ll also get to pick your transaction fee and speed. Higher fees mean your crypto gets wherever it needs to go quicker. The lowest fee will be sufficient, but transactions may take a little longer.

Just copy paste the address or scan the QR code from the receiving wallet.

4. Receive pTOMO privately and check for privacy

The latter part is optional, but we thought you might like to see what’s going on in the Incognito explorer. Tap on the transaction ID highlighted in green to visit the explorer and check out the ‘Proof detail’ section:

A different kind of block explorer for a different type of blockchain

As you can see, the transaction is recorded on the Incognito explorer so you can verify it did take place — but the value is 0. No one can discern any identifying info, trace it to any sender or receiver, or pinpoint any details.

Here in the receiving wallet below, you can also see that pTOMO was successfully received.

5. Withdraw pTOMO and convert to TOMO

To exit Incognito mode is as simple as entering it. All you need to do is tap withdraw, enter the amount you want to move back to the Wallet, and enter the receiving TOMO wallet address.