Aztec Labs relaunches zk.money for private payments on Ethereum
Aztec Labs relaunched zk.money on the Aztec Network after a three-year absence, returning the private payment wallet to users on Ethereum. The relaunch restores self-custody and private transaction features for the wallet.
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Ethereum users who want private transfers now have a relaunch of zk.money to notice, and the wallet is presented as a way to keep funds in self-custody while making transactions on Aztec Network. That is a change in what is available today for people using this product, because the wallet is back after a three-year gap and is again tied to private payments.
What changes in practice is that a private payment wallet is again available on the network, while self-custody remains part of the setup. What does not change from these pieces is the network focus on private activity, since the relaunch is still described around private Ethereum transactions.
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