Recently, I came across an Ethereum L2 project focused on privacy-preserving computation—Miden. The testnet is already available for interaction.

Its approach is quite unique: based on a zero-knowledge Rollup architecture, it has built its own Miden VM to run transactions. What does this mean? It offloads most of the computations that would typically require validation by the entire network to your local device, while only recording the result on-chain. This both protects privacy and improves efficiency.

This approach stands out as a differentiated path in the current Ethereum L2 scaling competition. They just completed a funding round at the end of April this year, and the testnet is currently open for interaction. If you’re interested in experiencing a privacy-focused Layer 2 early, keep an eye on it.