# Aztec Declares Noir 1.0 Live as Miden Launches a Private Self-Custody Wallet

Builders of privacy-focused layer 2s are shipping production tooling and consumer products, even after Aztec's own proving system needed an emergency pause earlier this year.

- Published: 2026-11-02T05:45:39.855Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-11-02/aztec-declares-noir-1-0-live-as-miden-launches-a-private-sel
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: crypto
- Sources: [Aztec Network](https://aztec.network/blog/noir-1-0-is-live), [Aztec Network](https://aztec.network/alpha-v5), [Aztec Network](https://aztec.network/blog/alpha-v5-proving-system-vulnerability), [Miden](https://miden.xyz/blog/bread-is-privacy-baked-in), [Miden](https://miden.xyz/prifi-stack)

Aztec has declared Noir 1.0 live. Noir is its programming language for writing zero-knowledge circuits, the programs that prove a statement is true without revealing the data behind it. A 1.0 version tells developers that the language synta…

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