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The World's Encrypted Ledger

A Privacy-First L2 on Ethereum​

On Ethereum today, everything is publicly visible, by everyone. In the real world, people enjoy privacy. Aztec brings privacy to Ethereum.

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“When we started Aztec, the technology to scale blockchains privately didn’t exist. Since then, we’ve assembled a team of world-class cryptographers who continuously redefine the state-of-the-art. Inventing PLONK — the paradigm-defining universal zk-SNARK — showcases our ability to produce technology that matches our ambitions: unlocking an entire universe of blockchain applications that couldn’t exist without privacy.”

Zac Williamson, CEO and Co-founder, Aztec

Values​

Our vision is to create a fairer, more open financial eco-system, built with encryption at its core.

We believe decentralization is premised on individual rights — without widely accessible encryption, we compromise our ability to choose how we live our lives and earn our livelihoods.

Aztec is:

  • Private.: The only true zero-knowledge rollup, built with a privacy-first UTXO architecture to allow developers to build privacy preserving programable applications.
  • Accessible.: Proving transaction validity via recursive aggregation of zero-knowledge proofs, significantly reduces transaction costs, keeping the protocol accessible to the masses.
  • Compliant: The programmable nature of Aztec smart contracts, enables dApp developers to code privacy-preserving audit and compliance checks into apps, while fully preserving a credible neutral protocol layer.

Get started​

Learn 📚​

Start on the Technical Overview page to read about how Aztec works.

Build 🧑‍💻​

Go to the Getting Started section of the developer docs to get your hands dirty and start developing on Aztec.

Go deeper 🔬​

Check out the Awesome Aztec repo for a curated list of learning resources and tools to help you learn more about Aztec.

Clone the Aztec Starter repo to get a minimal project set up with Sandbox (local developer network), a simple contract and a test suite.

Jump into one of the tutorials to learn how to build more complex applications on Aztec.