Joe Andrews

Aztec

@jaosef

Building encrypted payments and identity on Ethereum. Co-founder @aztecnetwork, CEO @AztecLabs_. Views my own.

London, England aztec.network Joined June 2013

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Joe Andrews @jaosef Nov 19, 2025

Ship a network that is built to last.

Decentralised from day 1 — controlled by the community.

Aztec's community launched the Ignition chain of Aztec on Ethereum main-net at 1am last night.

The future is here and it is private.

Aztec @aztecnetwork Nov 19, 2025

BREAKING: Aztec just shipped the Ignition Chain, the first fully decentralized L2 on Ethereum.

This launches the decentralized consensus layer that powers the Aztec Network.

ignition.aztec.network

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Joe Andrews @jaosef 2d

PUDM

Joe Andrews @jaosef 5d

Fast blocks, fast proving and better token economics.

Still just as decentralised.

🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎

Aztec @aztecnetwork 5d

Introducing Aztec Tierra (Alpha V6).

The platform for unstoppable private apps is here.

Ethereum's only decentralized L2, with fully programmable privacy: permissionless, private smart contracts.

No backdoors. No gatekeepers.

aztec.network/blog/introduci…

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Joe Andrews @jaosef Oct 29

It’s right around now people should really start caring about self custody.

You can’t trust them.

Joe Andrews @jaosef Oct 29

Being able to write zero knowledge programs in a high level programming. language was a pipe dream a few years ago. Now we have an open source language for everyone to write private apps.

Seeing Noir now at 1.0 and power Aztec, World, ZkPassport and many more applications makes me very happy.

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this.

Noir Verified account @NoirLang Oct 29

Noir 1.0 is live.

A more reliable foundation for zero-knowledge applications: stable language, versioned toolchain, audited compiler.

Developers can build and iterate predictably as they create the next wave of privacy-preserving apps.

Read more: aztec.network/blog/noir-1-0-…

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