About

Aztec is the privacy-native Layer 2 on Ethereum. It empowers developers to build applications that protect user privacy while enabling compliance. Backed by a $100M Series B led by a16z, Aztec is led by a team of world-class researchers and cryptographers who invented trustless client-side proving—the innovation that makes privacy-preserving apps on mobile possible. Using zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) and the Noir open-source, Rust-like programming language, Aztec is building a secure and scalable privacy layer for the decentralized future.

Prizes

⛓️ Privacy Across Chains$2,000
Privacy becomes more powerful across chains. Build applications that compose protocols across chains through Aztec's privacy layer to discover entirely new use cases that only work when privacy is composable across ecosystems. Leverage our bridge partners (Holonym, Substance Labs, Train, Wormhole and more) to create cross-chain experiences that weren't possible before.

Qualification Requirements

• Must use Aztec Devnet's latest version • Must integrate with at least one of our bridge partners: Holonym, Substance Labs, Train or Wormhole • Application must leverage the Aztec network to either relay messages or send funds across chains • Must clearly demonstrate how Aztec's privacy layer enables the cross-chain interaction (not just use Aztec as an additional chain)

🫆 Identity Infrastructure$2,000
Only with native privacy can identity infrastructure work on-chain, because sensitive information simply cannot be exposed. Build on Aztec to create identity systems where people host credentials, attestations, or identity data that they can leverage across applications, whether on Aztec itself or composed cross-chain. This could be credential systems, DID infrastructure, verification mechanisms, aggregated attestations from multiple sources (like combining OpenBanking.nr and ZKPassport), or novel ways to prove facts about yourself without exposing everything.

Qualification Requirements

• Must use Aztec Devnet's latest version • Must either compose in novel ways with existing identity applications like ZKPassport or create new ways of proving facts about yourself (attesting) • Must clearly demonstrate how Aztec's privacy layer becomes the identity infrastructure (not just use Aztec as an additional chain) • Identity data and control must remain with the user, not dependent on a centralized authority - Submission must include documentation or demo showing how end users would interact with and manage their identity

🤯 Rethinking What's Possible$1,000
Privacy unlocks a design space we haven't fully explored yet. We know there are applications that become possible with native privacy that we haven't seen before. Build the thing that makes us say 'oh wow, that's why privacy matters.' This could be gaming mechanics, governance systems, DeFi patterns we haven't seen, confidential business logic, or something we haven't thought of. The constraint is: it should only be possible because Aztec has native privacy.

Qualification Requirements

• Must use Aztec Devnet's latest version • Must clearly demonstrate how this application can only exist due to Aztec's privacy layer (not just use Aztec as an additional chain) • Must include clear documentation explaining why this application requires native privacy and how Aztec's specific capabilities enable it • Should demonstrate a testable implementation or working prototype (not just concept/wireframes)

Workshop

🛠️ Getting Started with Privacy App Developm...

Description coming soon..

This workshop is happening in-person

02:30 PM UTC-03 — Friday, Nov 21, 2025 in Workshop Room 5