Privacy-focused blockchain platform Aztec, Ethereumserving as the encryption layer for Aztec ConnectGetting ready to close.
Aztec Network, March 17from frontends like zkmoney and zkpayfinance in Aztec Connect officially announced that Aztec Connect will be shut down, planning to disable deposits. According to a blog post by Aztec, users are free to pay anything. Aztec Connect They will be able to withdraw their funds from. “While withdrawals are always possible, it will become significantly more burdensome after March 21, 2024,” the post said. The platform advised its users to withdraw their funds as soon as possible. In the shared post, July 2022Since its launch in Aztec Connect‘of 100,000It was also reported that it reached more than 1,000 users.
All Rollup Functionality Will Be Discontinued
Aztec, March 2024′ It will no longer run a sequencer from . So the current system is now Aztec Connect will not publish rollup blocks that process transactions. The announcement states that contract permissions will be waived and all rollup functionality will be discontinued.
Aztec As the company open-sources the entire Aztec Connect protocol, the firm encourages the Aztec community to fork, deploy, and operate a new version of the system. In the statement made by the project: “We would like to see an independently operated Aztec Connect and we are ready to finance it” expressions were used.
Project, Aztec Connect He emphasized that the research with the company will be usable and critical for the development of a next-generation blockchain, providing the basis for a fully programmable version of encrypted rollups, adding: “It is undeniable that Aztec Connect is an important step towards achieving our ultimate goal. Now is the time to focus entirely on that goal: a decentralized public-use encrypted blockchain.”
After the project closes Aztec Connect, noirIt plans to focus on the development of the universal zero-knowledge language and next-generation encrypted blockchain.
