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🧙‍♂️ Just joined the  @aztecnetwork Public Testnet Townhall — packed with alpha.

Here are my notes from the call. Stats, takeaways, and why it’s still early to get involved 
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Public Testnet Stats
🧪 8 years of R&D for programmable privacy on Ethereum
🚀 Public Testnet = first major milestone
👨‍💻 Fully private app development
🔄 Testing w/ 100+ sequencers
🌐 Launches decentralized from day 1
⚠️ No backdoors. Ever.

I like building products only possible with blockchain

🌍 Community Growth & Engagement
- New Channels: 🇹🇷, 🇰🇷, 🇨🇳

Sacred Flame Path:
- 🔥 Uninitiated: 7,378 Members
- 🧙‍♂️ Archivists: 11

📣 Get Roles:
- Be active, helpful, and kind
- Promote Aztec online & in communities
- Create content about Aztec’s uniqueness

🔍 AztecScan – Insights
- 👁️ 4,400+ unique visitors
- ⏱️ Average time on page: 4 minutes
- ✅ Verified smart contracts now visible

10 dApps are already live on the testnet.
(P.S. Most L2s don’t even have 10 apps on mainnet)

🧪 Playground Highlights
-  45,332 accounts created
-  2,555 shares on X

What have we tried so far?
🧠 Account Abstraction
🗳️ On-Chain Private Voting
💰 Private Tokens (mint, send, receive privately)
📜 Contract Deployment 

Join Here:
https://play.aztec.network/alpha-testnet/