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Aztec is the first fully decentralized L2, thanks to its permissionless network of sequencers and provers.
See how the network design empowers participants to make it all happen.
Sequencer nodes around the world run Aztec, ensure unbiased execution, and participate in network governance.
Sequencers are randomly selected from the validator set to propose and produce blocks, ensuring decentralized and fair participation in the network.
When not actively proposing blocks, sequencers serve as validators—confirming the correctness of proposed blocks, ensuring consensus and maintaining network integrity.
Sequencers propose and vote on governance proposals, playing a central role in the network's decentralized decision-making.
A sequencer initiates an upgrade by deploying the new rollup and associated upgrade logic, then signals the change through the Governance Proposer contract.
Once enough sequencers signal support, anyone can call the proposer contract to move the upgrade to the voting process.
All staking sequencers can vote on the proposed upgrade by interacting with the Governance contract.
If the vote passes, the Governance contract finalizes the upgrade, establishing it as the new canonical rollup.
Participate in the first fully decentralized network, powered by a global community of sequencer nodes.
