# Next: Privacy This section explained how IronWeave's Shared-Block Architecture is a complete conceptual departure from monolithic blockchains. IronWeave focuses on the block, instead of the chain, which unleashes an nearly unlimited amount of flexibility and new applications for the IronWeave fabric. With no central chain, IronWeave enables what no others can offer: unlimited interacting chains, parallel block creation, and customizable blocks and categories. It also enables the creation of standardized blocks, and standardized categories... and standards both facilitate and drive adoption. We also described how moving double-spend to each individual chain (and the Validators that enforce it) unlocks massive parallel processing of transactions, something only possible on IronWeave. Now that the architecture of IronWeave has been explained, with its individual blocks and independent interacting chains, we can describe how this architecture enables previously unavailable privacy. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.ironweave.io/architecture/next-privacy.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.