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### Smart Contracts

Programs that run on the Aztec network are called smart contracts, similar to [programs](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/smart-contracts/) that run on Ethereum.

However, these will be written in the [Noir](https://noir-lang.org/index.html) programming language, and may optionally include [private state and private functions](https://docs.aztec.network/aztec/how-it-works/private-smart-contracts).

### Barretenberg

Aztec's cryptography back-end. Refer to the graphic at the top of [this page](https://medium.com/aztec-protocol/explaining-the-network-in-aztec-network-166862b3ef7d) to see how it fits in the Aztec architecture.

Barretenberg's source code can be found [here](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/barretenberg).

### Sequencer

This service is responsible for:
Aztec will be launched with a fully permissionless sequencer network that anyone can participate in.

How this works is being discussed actively in the [Discourse forum](https://discourse.aztec.network/t/request-for-proposals-decentralized-sequencer-selection/350/). Once this discussion process is completed, we will update the glossary and documentation with specifications and instructions for how to run.

Sequencers are generally responsible for:

- Watching for rollup blocks on Ethereum and updating the representation of Aztec state accordingly
- Listening for and storing transactions from users, verifying they're valid, have correct fees, etc.
- Constructing new rollups at the appropriate time or when enough transactions are received
- Publishing of rollups to an Ethereum chain
- Selecting pending transactions from the mempool
- Ordering transactions into a block
- Verifying all private transaction proofs and execute all public transactions to check their validity
- Computing the ROLLUP_BLOCK_REQUEST_DATA
- Computing state updates for messages between L2 & L1
- Broadcasting the ROLLUP_BLOCK_REQUEST_DATA to the prover network via the proof pool for parallelizable computation.
- Building a rollup proof from completed proofs in the proof pool
- Taging the pending block with an upgrade signal to facilitate forks
- Publishing completed block with proofs to Ethereum as an ETH transaction

You can find the Typescript reference implementation called Falafel [here](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-connect/tree/master/falafel).
Previously in [Aztec Connect](https://medium.com/aztec-protocol/sunsetting-aztec-connect-a786edce5cae) there was a single sequencer, and you can find the Typescript reference implementation called Falafel [here](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-connect/tree/master/falafel).

Refer to the graphic at the top of [this page](https://medium.com/aztec-protocol/explaining-the-network-in-aztec-network-166862b3ef7d) to see how it fits in the Aztec architecture.
### Provers
Aztec will be launched with a fully permissionless proving network that anyone can participate in.

### Smart Contract
How this works will be discussed via a future RFP process on Discourse, similarly to the Sequencer RFP.

Programs that run on the Aztec network are called smart contracts, similar to [programs](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/smart-contracts/) that run on Ethereum.
### Misc

Smart contracts on Aztec may also optionally include private state and private functions.
For other definitions please see the [components](https://docs.aztec.network/aztec/components) section.

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