$AZTEC
The token that powers the network.
$AZTEC pays for transactions, stakes behind block production, and votes on every upgrade.
Four jobs. One token.
Fees
Bridge $AZTEC from Ethereum and use it to pay for transactions on the network.
Staking
Stake it to run a sequencer, with the right to propose and validate blocks.
Governance
Staked $AZTEC is voting power. Every protocol upgrade is decided with it.
Emissions
Sequencers earn it for proposing blocks and provers for proving them.
Figures you can check yourself.
Contract: 0xA27EC0006e59f245217Ff08CD52A7E8b169E62D2
Choose how you participate.
Run a sequencer
Stake 200,000 $AZTEC or more, run the node, and earn emissions for the blocks you propose.
Open the staking dashboardDelegate your stake
Pick an operator and share the rewards at their commission. You share the slashing risk too.
How delegation worksLiquid staking
Stake any amount with Olla. No node to run and no 200,000 $AZTEC minimum.
Stake with OllaQuestions, answered.
What is $AZTEC used for?
Four things: paying transaction fees on the network, staking to run a sequencer that proposes and validates blocks, voting on protocol upgrades, and rewarding the sequencers and provers who do the work. It is an ERC-20 on Ethereum with a minimum stake of 200,000 tokens per validator.
Is $AZTEC a private coin?
No, $AZTEC is an ERC-20 token on Ethereum, the utility token of the Aztec Network. All transactions on the Aztec Network are underpinned by the $AZTEC token, which must be bridged to Aztec to pay for gas.