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What is the Aztec Network token?

Aztec (AZTEC) is the native token of Aztec Network, a privacy-first Layer 2 rollup on Ethereum developed by Aztec Labs. The network runs smart contracts with both private and public state: transaction logic and data can be hidden with zero-knowledge proofs while remaining verifiable by the network. Aztec launched its public testnet on May 1, 2025. On November 20, 2025 the team launched Ignition Chain, positioned as a fully decentralized Ethereum L2 with programmable privacy. AZTEC is an ERC-20 token on Ethereum.

How does the Aztec Network privacy model work?

Aztec encrypts contract logic and transaction data with zero-knowledge proofs. Users generate proofs locally, and the network verifies them without seeing the underlying details. Each Aztec smart contract carries a private and a public state, so developers decide per function what stays hidden. Aztec's model targets privacy-preserving DeFi, identity, and payment applications built on Ethereum.

What is the AZTEC token used for?

AZTEC bridged onto the L2 becomes Fee Juice, the gas asset for all private and public transactions on Aztec. Private transactions pay gas without revealing the payment itself, matching the transaction type. The token also carries governance weight in Aztec's on-chain governance, the same mechanism that controls community-sale unlock votes.

How is AZTEC's total supply allocated?

AZTEC has a maximum supply of 10,350,000,000 tokens, per DropsTab data. The ERC-20 contract, 0xa27ec0006e59f245217ff08cd52a7e8b169e62d2, lives on Ethereum and is verifiable on Etherscan. The documented genesis allocation gives investors and early supporters 27.26%, the core team 21.06%, the Foundation 11.71%, ecosystem grants 10.73%, and the Phase 2 public auction 14.95%. Team, investors, and Foundation together control roughly 60% of supply, a high insider-concentration figure.

Does AZTEC have an airdrop?

No. The documented genesis allocation contains no airdrop bucket. Aztec distributed tokens through the Phase 2 public auction, a bilateral sale, a Phase 1 genesis sequencer sale, a Uniswap V4 liquidity pool allocation, and Year-1 network rewards. Earlier community campaigns, the October 2024 waitlist and the May 2025 public testnet, carried no token allocation.

What does Aztec's unlock structure mean for investors?

Per DropsTab data, the community-sale tranche of 14.95% of supply stays locked until holders ratify an unlock vote through Aztec's on-chain governance. Absent a successful vote, a 12-month post-sale backstop unlock applies, approximately December 2026 at the latest, and 100% of community tokens unlock on the first unlock day. Per Aztec's official TGE announcement, team and investor tokens stay locked for one year and then unlock gradually over the following two years, so insider supply, about 48% of the total, is the main structural overhang.

Who backed Aztec and how much funding did it raise?

Per DropsTab fundraising data, Aztec raised roughly $178M across four rounds. ConsenSys led the $2.1M Seed in November 2018, with Paradigm, Vitalik Buterin, and Coinbase Ventures participating. Paradigm led the $17M Series A in December 2021, joined by Variant and IOSG Ventures. a16z led the $100M Series B in December 2022. Vitalik Buterin invested in both early rounds, a signal of core Ethereum-ecosystem backing.

What did Aztec's community token sale involve?

Aztec ran its Community Public Sale from November 13 (early-contributor registration) through December 6, 2025 as an on-chain, community-owned auction built with Uniswap Labs on the CCA protocol. Eligibility required a soul-bound NFT, and ZKPassport checks enforced sanctions compliance. Per DropsTab fundraising data, the sale raised $59,134,790 for 1,547,000,000 tokens at $0.03822546 each, with over 16,700 addresses participating.

On which exchanges can AZTEC be traded?

AZTEC trades across more than 30 markets tracked on DropsTab. Centralized spot venues include Bybit, Upbit and Bithumb (KRW pairs), Kraken (USD and EUR), Bitvavo (EUR), Gate, KuCoin, and MEXC. Perpetual futures run on Binance, OKX, Bybit, KuCoin, and Hyperliquid. On-chain, AZTEC trades on Uniswap v3 and Uniswap V4 on Ethereum against WETH, STRK, and PROVE. Liquidity concentrates on centralized venues; DEX depth is thinner, so check pool depth before sizeable on-chain trades.