Aztec is a privacy-first Ethereum Layer 2 that enables fully private smart contracts using zero-knowledge cryptography. Aztec's Twitter Score is 356 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of September 2026, ranking #745 (top 0.5%) among 489,241 tracked accounts.
Aztec was co-founded by Zac Williamson and Joe Andrews, and is affiliated with Aztec Labs and the Aztec Foundation. The network's Alpha Network is live as a feature-complete environment for private smart contracts, and its Ignition Chain, a decentralized Layer 2, went live in November 2025 as a community-run network. Aztec describes itself as the leading privacy-first Layer 2 on Ethereum.
Aztec is built around Noir, an open-source Rust-like programming language designed for writing private programs on the network. The network's native token, $AZTEC, is an ERC-20 on Ethereum L1 used for staking, governance, and gas. Aztec has published 6,951 posts and has 205,122 followers as of September 2026. Aztec has been mentioned by 998 accounts, with 2,285 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Aztec include 1,395 founders, 391 angel investors, 589 influencers and 49 VCs. Among them are Toly, Chris Dixon, Ansem, Erik Voorhees, Laura Shin and Stani.