A fully private transaction will have more data associated with it, because everything is encrypted. Which means that you've required more resources, therefore you cannot scale as much,” Williamson said. “And so we are fine with that.
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'Everything Is Encrypted': Aztec’s Privacy Rollup Hits Testnet Amid Growing Demand
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Zac Williamson, co-founder of Aztec, stated that Aztec prioritizes privacy over scalability, choosing encrypted transactions over transaction throughput.
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