The SEAL project within the Sui Network (Testnet 1) was developed and introduced by Mysten Labs, the team behind the Sui Layer 1 blockchain. It’s a Decentralized Secrets Management (DSM) service that launched on Sui Testnet around early April 2025, aimed at bringing advanced data security to Web3 applications. Here’s a detailed rundown of SEAL based on what we know so far:
What is SEAL?
SEAL is built to tackle privacy, access control, and key management challenges in a decentralized setup. It lets you encrypt and safeguard sensitive stuff—like private keys or personal info—without relying on centralized services like AWS KMS or GCP Cloud KMS. SEAL blends onchain access control with threshold encryption to keep things secure while spreading out trust so no single point can mess it up.
Seal Testnet
Access the link(Execution time: 10 Min , Cost 0$)
Step 1: Get Sui Testnet tokens from the faucet at this link: https://faucet.sui.io/
First, connect your wallet, then check the captcha box and hit Request Testnet SUI.
Step 2: Head over to this link: https://seal-example.vercel.app/allowlist-example
- In the Allowlist section: Type in any name you want.
- Click "Create Allowlist," then hit "Approve" on your wallet to confirm.
- Enter your wallet address, click Add, then pick any image and hit First Step: Encrypt and upload to Walrus (Approve all the prompts in your wallet).
- Next, click Second Step: Associate file to Sui object and Approve it in your wallet, as shown below.
- Keep going by clicking this link. It’ll open a new browser tab—hit Download And Decrypt All Files like in the image below.
Step 3: Visit this link: https://seal-example.vercel.app/subscription-example
Fill out the fields for "Price in Mist," "Subscription duration in minutes," and "Name of the service," then click Create Service and Approve it in your wallet, as shown here:
After that, repeat the steps from Step 2: Pick an image -> First Step: Encrypt and upload to Walrus (Sign in wallet) -> Second Step: Associate file to Sui object (Sign in wallet) -> Click this link, then download...
That’s it for now! I’ll let you guys know if there’s any update later on.