The platform for unstoppable private apps

The network that brings programmable privacy and decentralization together on Ethereum.

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Two kinds of storage. One network.
Every transaction can update both at once.

Private storage

How contracts use it

Private data under your keys

Model: UTXO. Changing a value spends old notes and creates new ones.
Spending: A nullifier marks a note as used. Only its owner can link the two.
Runs on: Your device. The network checks a proof, never the inputs.

Public storage

What people build with it

A public tree that works like Ethereum

Model: Account-based. Values are written in place, as on Ethereum.
Visibility: Open to everyone: a pool price, a vote count, a supply figure.
Runs on: The sequencer, after the private part has run.

No privileged access. Not even for us.
The network is run by a global community of validators, permissionless and open to all.

3,000+

sequencers One is chosen at random for every block.

Open block production

Sequencers stake $AZTEC and are chosen at random. If they ever censor, an escape hatch lets a bonded proposer force blocks through.

Anyone can prove

Proving is permissionless. Bring the hardware, prove an epoch, earn the reward.

Upgrades follow public rules

Sequencers signal, tokenholders vote, and a timelock runs before anything executes.

L2BEATStage 2The highest rollup rating

L2BEATAny timeYou can exit. The contracts cannot be upgraded under you.

Aztec Tierra50+Provers, on five continents

Read the L2BEAT assessment Network status

Private, and still fast.

Your device proves the private part. These are the published Aztec Tierra figures. Lightning fast private client-side proofs give you full control of your data.

~1sTo prove a private transfer on a laptopAztec Tierra

< $0.05For a fully private token transferAztec Tierra

~6sAverage block timeAztec Tierra

Every block ends up on Ethereum.

A rollup, not a side chain. Value moves through portal contracts you can inspect.

01 · Your device
Keep private inputs with you
Private functions run here, and a proof says the rules were followed.
Proof
Encrypted data
Public outputs
02 · Aztec Network
Verify on an open network
Sequencers order transactions and provers prove each epoch. Both roles are open.
Keep privateNotes under user keysMake publicShared application state
Validity proof
State diffs
03 · Ethereum
Settle on Ethereum
Ethereum verifies the proof. Private inputs are never published in the clear.

Questions, answered.

Is Aztec an Ethereum Layer 2?

Yes. Aztec is a decentralized Ethereum L2 and the leading platform for unstoppable private apps. Contracts can combine private and public state and logic. Private functions run on the user's device and are verified by proof without requiring their private inputs to be published. L2BEAT assesses Aztec at Stage 2 for rollup maturity.

Who runs Aztec Network?

Permissionless sequencers and provers run Aztec under published protocol rules. Sequencers stake $AZTEC to participate in block production, while provers generate epoch proofs. Upgrades follow sequencer signalling, tokenholder voting, and a timelock. No company has a privileged operator role.

What is Aztec Network?

Aztec is the leading platform for unstoppable private apps: a decentralized Ethereum L2 with programmable privacy. Applications combine private and public logic to define what is revealed. Private functions execute on the user's device, sequencers and provers participate under published protocol rules, and proofs settle on Ethereum. Aztec is Alpha software; check application disclosure rules and current network status before use.

Help keep the network unstoppable.