Aztec, a layer-2 rollup focused on privacy, shared Thursday that its testnet has finally gone live.The announcement comes as a wave of new privacy-focused solutions begins to capture the interests of large institutions that need confidentiality with large transaction batches.The team behind Aztec said that they have been working on the product for over 8 years, bringing the cutting-edge technology one step closer to the mainnet.Aztec differs from other zero-knowledge rollups because it is focused on helping applications and users preserve their private details by incorporating encryption on the protocol level
source: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2025/05/01/everything-is-encrypted-aztec-s-privacy-rollup-hits-testnet-amid-growing-demand