# Privacy Layer-2s Ship Live Networks as Aztec and Miden Push Confidential Execution

Aztec's Alpha V5 and Miden's Guardian arrive as privacy chains reposition confidential execution from a niche feature to a prerequisite for institutional on-chain use.

- Published: 2026-07-23T05:28:47.903Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-07-23/privacy-layer-2s-ship-live-networks-as-aztec-and-miden-push
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: crypto
- Sources: [Aztec Network — Alpha V5](https://aztec.network/alpha-v5), [Miden — Practical Privacy](https://miden.xyz/blog/practical-privacy), [Miden — What is Miden Guardian](https://miden.xyz/blog/what-is-miden-guardian)

Privacy-focused networks are shipping working software rather than promising it. Aztec published Alpha V5, an update to its zero-knowledge rollup on Ethereum, while Miden detailed Guardian, a component of its architecture built around clien…

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