Deploy on Aztec Testnet

Try out the Aztec Playground to deploy and interact with privacy-preserving smart contracts in minutes. Utilize our vibrant ecosystem of wallets, bridges, and explorers to build apps with customizable end-to-end privacy.

Playground Block Explorer

Quickstart Guides

Get started building decentralized applications with programmable end-to-end privacy.

Aztec Quickstart

Build a Counter Contract

Aztec Starter Repo

Why Build on Aztec

Programmable Privacy

Create smart contracts that seamlessly blend public and private state to utilize privacy in the most useful ways for your application.

Noir

Write applications using familiar Rust-like syntax with Noir, a zkDSL designed to make zk app development accessible, flexible, and intuitive.

Decentralization

Deploy to the only decentralized L2 testnet and get a headstart building the next generation of applications on Ethereum.

Client-Side ZK Proofs

Take advantage of Aztec's groundbreaking client-side proving system to keep users' data, activity, and identity on their device.

Apps & Tooling

Use composable wallets, explorers, and bridges to build novel applications.

Obsidion

human.tech

AztecExplorer

Nethermind

AztecScan

Nemi

RavenHouse

Azguard

zkPassport

Identity Verification

How Aztec Works

Aztec enables developers to build with both private and public state. Smart contracts on Aztec seamlessly blend private functions that execute on the client side with public functions that are executed by sequencers on the Aztec network.