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Aztec Testnet parameters

34 rules in 6 groups, as the chain itself states them, read every hour

Network

The rollup contract on Ethereum that Aztec's sequencers run now.

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Rollup contract
The canonical rollup's address on Ethereum, as Aztec's registry names it. An upgrade moves the network to a new rollup.
0x1f435a7f2da358caf887a470faeee7d5d5f4efba
Rollup version
The rollup's version number in the registry.
679261766

Slots and epochs

How Aztec's time is divided, and how checkpoints are checked and proven.

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Slot length
How long one slot lasts. Each slot has one sequencer picked to propose a checkpoint.
1 minute and 12 seconds
Epoch length
How many slots make an epoch. Each epoch gets a newly drawn committee.
32 slots
About 38 minutes and 24 seconds
Committee size
How many sequencers sit on each epoch's committee and attest to its checkpoints.
48 sequencers
Proof window
How many epochs a proof of an epoch's checkpoints may take to land on Ethereum. Unproven ones are then dropped.
1 epoch
Mana target
The mana (Aztec's gas) a checkpoint aims to use. Fees rise while checkpoints use more and fall while they use less.
75,000,000

Sequencers and stake

What a sequencer stakes, and when it is removed.

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Stake per sequencer
The stake one sequencer needs to join the set.
200,000 STK
Ejection threshold
A sequencer whose stake falls below this is removed from the set.
100,000 STK
Ejection after a slash
A slash that leaves a sequencer with less than this removes it from the set.
199,000 STK
Exit delay
How long a sequencer's withdrawn STK waits before it can be claimed.
1 hour
Joining at once
How many queued sequencers join the set each time the entry queue moves.
12 sequencers

Slashing

How sequencers vote to slash one of their own, and by how much.

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Slashing
Whether slashing votes can take effect now.
Enabled
Votes to slash
How many votes in a round a slash needs.
65 votes
Slashing round
How many slots a slashing round lasts.
128 slots
About 2 hours and 33 minutes
Committee voting
How many sequencers of each committee vote on slashes.
48 sequencers
Execution delay
How many rounds a slash waits before it can be carried out, so it can be vetoed.
2 rounds
Slash lifetime
How many rounds a slash can still be carried out once it may be.
5 rounds
Small slash
The smallest amount one slash takes.
100,000 STK
Medium slash
The middle amount one slash takes.
250,000 STK
Large slash
The largest amount one slash takes.
250,000 STK

Governance

How a change to Aztec reaches a vote, and what it needs to pass.

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Signalling round
Sequencers signal for a payload over a round of this many slots; enough signals put it to a vote.
100 slots
About 2 hours
Signals to propose
How many of a round's slots must signal the same payload for it to become a proposal.
60 signals
Voting delay
How long after a proposal is made its vote starts.
2 minutes
Voting period
How long voting on a proposal lasts.
6 minutes
Execution delay
How long a passed proposal waits before it can be executed.
2 minutes
Grace period
How long a passed proposal can still be executed once it may be; after that it expires.
1 day
Quorum
The share of all voting power that must vote for the result to count.
20%
Yea margin
How far Yea must be ahead of Nay, as a share of the votes cast, for a proposal to pass.
10%
Minimum votes
The least voting power that must vote, whatever the quorum.
9,600,000 STK
Lock to propose directly
What anyone may lock to make a proposal without the sequencers' signals.
258,750,000 STK
Lock period
How long that lock lasts.
90 days

Rewards

What a proven checkpoint pays, and who gets it.

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Checkpoint reward
What each proven checkpoint pays, shared between its sequencer and the provers.
500 STK
Sequencers' share
The share of each checkpoint's reward paid to the sequencer that proposed it; provers get the rest.
90%

Recent changes

Values that changed since BitBasic began reading them on Nov 7, 2026, by a governance vote or an upgrade. Each is dated when it was first read, and counted once a second reading agrees.

No value has changed since Nov 7, 2026.