Sarma: simple primitive to achieve private execution on EVM, even cross-chain.
$10,241 + 1,100 FIL · Neon EVM · Best Neon EVM use case · +11 more
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Aztec Labs
Also appeared as AZTEC, AZTEC Protocol, Aztec
Aztec is the privacy-native Layer 2 on Ethereum. It empowers developers to build applications that protect user privacy while enabling compliance. Backed by a $100M Series B led by a16z, Aztec is led by a team of world-class researchers and cryptographers who invented trustless client-side proving—the innovation that makes privacy-preserving apps on mobile possible. Using zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) and the Noir open-source, Rust-like programming language, Aztec is building a secure and scalable privacy layer for the decentralized future.
- Prize money awarded
- $28,000
- Prizes
- 26
- Winning projects
- 26
- Hackathons
- 7
- Largest prize
- $2,000
- Active
- 2021–2025
What they reward
Tech their winners favour
Share of Aztec Labs's winners using it, against all entries at the same hackathons.
Recurring prizes
Tracks offered at more than one hackathon.
- Best overall Aztec Sandbox dapp3 hackathons · about $1,667 · last 2024
- Best Noir App2 hackathons · about $3,500 · last 2024
- Best overall Noir application or library2 hackathons · about $2,000 · last 2023
Hackathons
- Buenos Aires Nov 21–23, 2025$5KRuby3$5K
- London Mar 15–17, 2024$5KRuby3$6K
- Circuit Breaker Feb 2–21, 2024$5KRuby3$5K
- Istanbul Nov 17–19, 2023$5KProvider4$7K
- ETHOnline 2023 Oct 6–27, 2023$5KProvider3$5K
- ETHBogotá Oct 7–9, 2022––6–
- UniCode Oct 29 – Nov 10, 2021––4–
Winners
All 26 winning projects →
Sybil Resistant and Private Voting Application built with Farcaster Frames using Noir.
$5,167 · Aztec · Best Noir App · +2 more
Using ZK proofs, we created a tool to verify the authenticity of photos, images and video without introducing any traceable identities, whilst still allowing hacked cameras to be blacklisted. It uses hardware-attestation, the manufacturer is the root of trust.
$3,000 · Nethermind · Zero-Knowledge (ZK) innovations · +1 more
A seamless, secure data signature solution using zk-tech and proof folding for safety and scalability
$2,500 · Nethermind · Zero-Knowledge (ZK) innovations · +1 more
A regulatory-friendly privacy-preserving layer for DeFi protocols like Aave
$2,166 · Aztec · Best Noir App · +1 more
Massive scale secret voting with on-chain results using Zero Knowledge technology
$2,017 · Aztec · 🏆 Aztec — Best Use of Noir · +1 more
Privacy pools for institutional liquidity providers w/ 1inch Aqua & Aztec
$2,000 · Aztec · Privacy Across Chains
Implementation of the well-known Semaphore protocol on the Aztec Network!
$2,000 · Aztec · Identity Infrastructure
Aztec's Sandbox with Account Abstraction and Private Contracts features, it introduces an additional authentication factor to the conventional private key system.
$2,000 · Aztec · Best overall Aztec Sandbox dapp
Moving from a centralized gaming industry to a decentralized future in which individuals can shape the roadmap games are taking. "Pepe's Party Computation" uses zk-SNARKS and two-party computation to solve trustless self-policing and decentralized fog-of-war.
$2,000 · Aztec · Best overall Noir application or library
Aztec Snap is the first MetaMask Snap for Aztec. Private transfer to any Aztec account while utilizing the existing MetaMask credential. Privately interact with confidential Aztec smart contract
$2,000 · Aztec · Best overall developer tool for the Noir ecosystem
Implemented textDocument/documentSymbol for nargo/noir LSP in the main noir repo's LSP crate
$2,000 · Aztec · 👩💻 Aztec — Best Dev Tool