According to Foresight News, Aztec, a privacy and scalability solution based on ZK Rollup, has announced the launch of its smart contract privacy framework, Aztec.nr. The framework is built on top of Noir, an open-source general-purpose ZK programming language, with Aztec Labs being a core contributor to the language. Aztec.nr allows developers to write private smart contracts in Noir and extend their functionality through templated functions that simplify state management.