---
title: "What is Zama (PDF)"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/list-phrase/what-is-zama-2025-12-21/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-25T00:00:00+00:00"
---

# What is Zama

Zama is the first $1B unicorn open-source cryptography company aiming to make fully homomorphic encryption practical.

PDF document · Published December 21, 2025 · Updated October 25, 2026 

[ Open the PDF (3 pages, 73 KB) ](/list-phrase/what-is-zama-2025-12-21-en.pdf) 

## Contents

1. Example BIP39 word sequences
2. Reading a BIP39 phrase
3. See also

Topic: 

[BIP39 for Developers: Python Code, EVM Contracts and API Keys](/topics/developers/)

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One of the documents in the [Seed Phrase PDF Archive](/list-phrase/), listed on [archive page 8](/list-phrase/8/).
