Pathos is a transformative payment infrastructure built as a sovereign layer within Solana’s ecosystem, designed to bridge the accessibility of Web2 with the innovation of Web3 while eliminating systemic flaws like MEV exploitation and exorbitant fees. By integrating zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) and stealth addresses, Pathos ensures transactional privacy, masking sender, receiver, and amount details, while encrypted mempools neutralize front-running bots and sniper attacks that plague transparent chains like Ethereum. Leveraging Solana’s sub-second finality and sub-cent costs, Pathos offers businesses a Stripe-like payment gateway for instant, borderless settlements in crypto or fiat—slashing fees by 90% compared to traditional processors and bypassing intermediaries. Its decentralized liquidity pools and self-healing architecture dynamically optimize routing, ensuring resilience against outages and volatility. For enterprises, Pathos delivers compliance-ready tools, including fraud-resistant terminals and automated tax reporting, all anchored to an immutable ledger. By harmonizing privacy, speed, and fairness, Pathos transcends the limitations of both legacy finance and conventional blockchains, redefining global commerce as a trustless, censorship-resistant network where payments are fast, cheap, and equitable.