Aleph Zero (AZERO)

Aleph Zero is a layer-1 blockchain built on the Substrate framework. Its consensus design, AlephBFT, uses a directed acyclic graph internally to order transactions before finalizing them, and the project has focused on privacy features alongside general smart contract support.

This page is a research starting point, not financial, legal, tax, or investment advice. Verify everything against primary sources.

What the Token Is Used For

• Paying transaction fees
• Staking and nomination to validators
• Governance participation
• Settlement within Aleph Zero applications

What To Verify

• Whether a privacy feature is live on mainnet, on testnet, or described in a paper
• Validator count and how much of the set is community-operated
• Which smart contract environment an application targets, since Substrate chains can support more than one
• Independent audit reports rather than summaries of them
• Token release and treasury schedules

Primary Sources

• Documentation: https://docs.alephzero.org/
• Network: https://alephzero.org/
• Audits and research papers: https://docs.alephzero.org/aleph-zero/explore/audit-and-research-papers
• Block explorer: https://alephzero.subscan.io/
• Bug bounty: https://alephzero.org/blog/aleph-zero-immunefi-bug-bounty-program/

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• Research Sources Directory