Aztec’s Privacy-First Rollup Goes Live on Testnet—Bankers Still Can’t Spy on Your Crypto

Aztec Network just flipped the switch on its encrypted rollup testnet—finally delivering privacy by default in a sector where ’anonymous’ transactions still leak metadata like a sieve. The zero-knowledge powered layer-2 promises full transaction obfuscation while keeping Ethereum compatibility. TradFi surveillance hawks hate this one trick.

Key details: Fully encrypted smart contracts, 90% lower fees than mainnet, and a compliance team’s worst nightmare. Early benchmarks show 300+ TPS—enough to make Visa sweat if adoption takes off.

Bottom line: Privacy isn’t just for Bitcoin maximalists anymore. As regulators circle like vultures, Aztec’s tech could become crypto’s best defense against the coming KYC apocalypse. (But let’s be real—Wall Street will still find a way to tax it.)