# Aztec Details How Its Layer-2 Hides Sender, Receiver, and Amount While Still Proving Validity

The network executes and proves transactions on the user's own device and publishes only a validity proof, part of an effort to make confidential execution a requirement for serious on-chain use.

- Published: 2026-07-12T05:29:56.328Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-07-12/aztec-details-how-its-layer-2-hides-sender-receiver-and-amou
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: crypto
- Sources: [Aztec Network](https://aztec.network/blog/inside-an-aztec-transaction), [Aztec Network](https://aztec.network/blog/the-aztec-stack), [Aztec Network](https://aztec.network/blog/the-devils-bargain)

Aztec, a privacy-focused Ethereum layer-2 network, published a technical walkthrough of what happens inside one of its transactions. The core design keeps private computation on the user's device. The wallet executes the logic locally, gene…

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