The goal of Aztec’s Layer 2 is to build a decentralized, censorship-resistant privacy infrastructure for Ethereum smart contracts.

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The public testnet launch is the synthesis of 8 years of work to this effect. For the first time ever, it is now possible to deploy privacy-preserving smart contracts to a permissionless, censorship-resistant decentralized network. This explodes the design space of what you can do with a smart contract and unlocks a new innovation space for web3.

According to a May 1 press release shared with crypto.news, the launch marks a key milestone in Aztec’s eight-year journey to bring stronger data protection to web3. The testnet is now open to developers and paves the way for a fully decentralized mainnet, where no central authority will have hidden access to user data.