When people hear “Horizen,” privacy is probably one of the first things that comes to mind.

That makes sense. Privacy has been a central part of the project's identity for years.

But Horizen has changed quite a bit, and its current architecture looks very different from the network many people may remember.

Today, Horizen is an EVM-compatible Layer 3 built on Base using the OP Stack. That shift makes it interesting not only as a crypto project, but also from a developer's perspective.

From a standalone blockchain to an Ethereum-based L3