Getting to Know Aztec's 'Privacy-First' Ethereum L2
How Aztec's L2 blends public state with onchain privacy.
I've been writing about privacy a lot in this newsletter recently and, to be honest, I don't expect that to change. Between fresh capital, new achievements, and everyone on the edge of their seats waiting for the Roman Storm verdict, our industry seems to be making a renewed push for uncompromising privacy as an onchain standard.
Aztec remains one of the Ethereum community teams leading the fight, building toward a future of private shared state since 2017.
They've already released a series of products, and their upcoming L2 looks to be nearing its mainstage debut after the kickoff of its advanced, "Adversarial Testnet" late last month — a permissionless phase inviting all to stress-test the network’s decentralization and security ahead of mainnet.
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David Christopher
David is a writer/analyst at Bankless. Prior to joining Bankless, he worked for a series of early-stage crypto startups and on grants from the Ethereum, Solana, and Urbit Foundations. He graduated from Skidmore College in New York. He currently lives in the Midwest and enjoys NFTs, but no longer participates in them.
