Privacy Builders Split Over Who Should Control the Confidentiality Switch

Aztec details the anatomy of a private transaction as Miden pitches a guardian model, framing a debate over whether users or issuers hold the off switch.

As privacy chains push toward wider use, their builders are increasingly arguing not about whether confidentiality is possible but about who controls it. Aztec, a privacy-focused layer-2 network on Ethereum, published a technical walkthroug…