# Roadmap

> What has shipped on Aztec, what is being worked on now, and what comes next. Dated where a date is known.

Canonical: https://aztec.network/roadmap  
Reviewed: 21 September 2026  
Publisher: Aztec Foundation

## Live on Ethereum

- **Ignition Chain** (November 2025) — The decentralised base layer goes live: community-run sequencers and provers producing and proving blocks on Ethereum, with no operator in the middle.
- **$AZTEC token generation** (12 February 2026) — Triggered by an onchain governance vote rather than by a company. Staking, delegation, and voting open to every holder.
- **Alpha Network** (31 March 2026) — Transactions switch on. The first Layer 2 with a full execution environment for private smart contracts: private data, private identity, private compute.
- **Alpha V5** (21 July 2026) — Approved by tokenholder vote. Client-side proving about twice as fast, a fully private transfer for under $0.05, and average block time down from 14 seconds to 6.
- **Aztec Tierra (Alpha V6)** (Nov 3 2026)

## Being worked on

- **Alpha V7** (Q1 2027) — The next version of the network, focused on speed and security. 

## What comes after

- **Beta V1** (~Q2 2027) — The hardened, production-ready version of the network

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