Integrated TEEs (Trusted Execution Environments) as part of L2 infrastructure.

Included in a list of privacy-focused Layer 2 solutions alongside Miden, Nightfall, and COTI in discussions about enterprise privacy for Ethereum.

Network validators are operational with Nansen as #3 validator, and $AZTEC staking is available with rewards.

ICO raised approximately $60 million at a fully diluted valuation of approximately $490 million.

Token sale completes with over 50% of tokens allocated to the Aztec community, including builders and network participants.

Launched the first ICO on Uniswap.

"Aztec Privacy Rabbit Hole" event launches today at 10am ET/4pm CET. (ID: 1999110084761203014)

Alpha version of the network targeted for 2026 release.

Staking goes live for $AZTEC tokens, with Nansen serving as a validator option.

Anchorage Digital serves as the official custody partner for the public sale and acts as day one custodian for the project. (ID: 1998065818727289209, 1998067329960411222)

Token sale raises $61M in ETH (updated from previously reported $59M), with 50% of committed capital coming directly from community members. (ID: 1998042925851127960)

Token sale final metrics show 21,218 participants (higher than previously reported 16,741) with final clearing FDV of $480-490M (up from $415M reported during sale), raising $59M for 15% of supply. Sale used ZKP-based KYC to maintain participant privacy while ensuring compliance with regional jurisdictions. (ID: 1998007151428579659)

Token sale finalizes with 19,476 ETH committed from 16,741 participants at 69% fill rate. Uniswap v4 liquidity pool seeded with 4234 ETH and 273M tokens (~$26M TVL), becoming 3rd highest TVL v4 pool instantly, with trading launch pending community TGE vote.

Completes the first Uniswap CCA Auction token sale. (ID: 1997357544012968429)

Token sale enters final 12-hour countdown period with registration still open for new participants.

TGE features 100% token unlock with earliest launch date in February as decided by community. Auction automatically creates liquidity pool on Uniswap v4 after completion, starting from 295M FDV floor price representing 75%+ discount from previous a16z funding round valuation.

Token sale enters final 24 hours with 50% of tokens cleared, nearly 20,000 participants committed 18,900 ETH ($59M) at $415M FDV and 35% above floor price. (IDs: 1996959454592422335, 1996972445035642975)

Nethermind joins as a core contributor to the ecosystem, focused on blockchain engineering and research, as the project enters the Ignition era. (ID: 1996942726286221539)

Token sale grows to over $58M with current FDV of $411M and clearing price 30% above floor price.

Placed second in the 2025 crypto awards best privacy category, with voter rewards claimable on JokeRace.

U.S. residents are eligible to participate in the ongoing token sale.

Token sale crossed 18k ETH with 40% of tokens cleared and 15k participants actively receiving their tokens, with the sale closing in 48 hours.

$AZTEC trading markets have been launched and are currently live for trading. (ID: 1996567049724997936)

Token sale reaches over 17,000 ETH ($53M) from 18,500 participants, with current FDV at $360M trading 17% above floor price.

The presale is the first to use the Uniswap v4 CCA presale model.

Token sale closes in 3 days after surpassing the $50M milestone.

Token sale structure includes auction floor priced 75% below private valuation, 12+ month lock-up period for team and investors, 100% immediate liquidity for public allocation, and full regulatory compliance across EU, U.S., and Switzerland.

Investor rights and protections are embedded directly in the token contract.

Token sale shows less than 30% of contributor allocation sold at ~$270M FDV, with market price trading 12% premium above floor.

Token sale commitments reach $50M with backing from Vitalik Buterin and Stani Kulechov (Aave founder), described as Vitalik's final public angel investment that has not yet held an ICO.

Token ticker confirmed as $AZTEC with 1.547B total supply and floor FDV priced at 98,483 ETH with real-time price discovery on Uniswap. Polymarket prediction market shows 2% odds for the auction to exceed 45k ETH in commitments, and sequencer count grows to 617+ from previous 555+.

Token sale reaches 15.9k ETH in commitments with public bids now clearing and prices updating in real time.

US residents can participate in the token sale, using zkPassport to verify nationality without providing full KYC information.

Public token sale reaches $42M with 15.2K bids and 13.2K bidders, representing increases from prior metrics of $36M and 13.7k bids. Bids start clearing 12 hours after placement in the Uniswap Continuous Clearing Auction mechanism.

Ignition Chain launches on Ethereum mainnet with 555+ active sequencers as the first fully decentralized L2 sequencer set, offering 158% staking APY for early sequencers with anyone able to stake and earn block rewards. TGE set for minimum 90 days post-auction with community governance decision, and 25% of tokens reserved for Day 1 contributors with 100% unlocked at TGE for auction buyers.

The public sale runs through December 6th on CoinList. Vitalik and Stani are confirmed as project supporters, and the auction FDV represents a 75% discount from the 2022 a16z investment valuation.

Total requested bids increase to $36M with contributor clearing at $13M across 13.7k participants (11k unique), while all auction tokens, sequencer/prover block rewards, and Uniswap V4 pool trading remain locked until a governance vote after February 11th 2026.

Pre-sale commitments increase to 12.5k ETH with 13.5k bids and 16k registrations, with only 12 hours remaining for whitelisted pre-bids.

Early bids total $34M+ ahead of the December 2nd public auction at 2pm UTC, with US residents confirmed eligible and the FDV floor set at ~$290M.

Pre-sale commitments reach 11,000 ETH (up from 6,271 ETH), with 12,600 bids and 14,700 registrations ahead of the December 2nd public sale launching at 9am ET/3pm CET.

Ignition mainnet launches with 617 sequencer nodes (each staking minimum 200K tokens), with contributor clearing now active and the network targeting Stage 2 rollup status when transactions enable in early 2026. The sale uses Uniswap's continuous clearing auction mechanism and automatically creates a Uniswap V4 liquidity pool at the final clearing price.

Partnership with CoinList announced, with CoinList building retail staking for users who own less than the minimum stake amount.

Pre-sale commitments reach 6,271 ETH (~$17.78M) from over 10,000 addresses, with auction floor FDV set at $300M (75% below the $1.2B Series B valuation). Tokens become claimable December 6th with immediate staking available, but transfers remain locked until mid-February 2025 (after 2/11), and 4+ million CoinList users gain direct access to the sale.

The token sale runs from December 2nd through December 6th as a fully unlocked privacy L2 sale.

Token sale reaches 5500 ETH in commitments with the pre-bid window closing in less than 24 hours.

5,000 ETH committed for the token sale ahead of the December 2nd public sale.

Dragonfly clarifies they are not currently an investor in $AZTEC.

3500 ETH committed for the token sale ahead of the December 2nd public sale date.

Aztec's Ignition Chain is live with 668 validators, 10,000 blocks produced, and maintains 0 downtime.

Token sale uses a bidding mechanism optimized for price discovery, transparency, and post-sale onchain liquidity.

UK users are geo-blocked from using the products due to regulatory restrictions, despite the project being built in the UK over 7 years.

Public sale for $AZTEC token begins December 2nd at 9am EST / 3pm CET.

DeFi Wonderland becomes a core developer, expanding their role beyond their previous partnership and investment contribution.

A staking infrastructure provider announces upcoming support for Aztec staking, adding it to their portfolio alongside Ethereum, Polkadot, Celestia, Kusama, and zkVerify.

Coinbase Ventures features the project in their 2026 predictions as one of the teams working on privacy layers for onchain finance alongside Starknet and Zcash.

NoirCon 3 attracted 400 builders, and the project had a packed booth at EF Devcon in Buenos Aires.

DeFi Wonderland announces partnership and investment in the token sale, having contributed to the project since the first devnet in 2024.

Pre-bid commitments for the token sale reach 2,000 ETH, up from 1,500 ETH reported on November 24th.

The public sale launches December 2nd at 9am EST / 3pm CET.

The token sale has 8.3k+ registrations and 1,500 ETH committed, with public sale launching December 2, 2025.

Token trades at 0.35B fully diluted valuation with public buying opportunity currently available.

HashCloak team wins the infrastructure prize at ETHGlobal Buenos Aires. The ICO allows participation from most countries including the United States.

Team member @jaosef explicitly confirms Aztec rejects the airdrop distribution model, choosing token sale instead due to concerns that airdrops fail to build lasting communities and would churn the validator set within months.

ZK technology with Aztec rises to undisputed top 3 narrative status and ranks as the biggest winner in market mindshare.

The launched L2 is named "Ignition Chain" with current block times of 36-72 seconds and a long-term target of 4 seconds, featuring decentralized sequencing and proving from launch. The token has multiple utilities including governance, staking, proving, and fees.

Solo stakers receive whitelisted priority access with pre-bidding capability, best pricing, and large percentage of allocated tokens in the token sale.

Solo stakers who run nodes with RocketPool, Stake_Cat, ethStaker, stakersunion, Obol_Collective, or Lido CSM receive priority access to the $AZTEC token sale by connecting their active node address.

Aztec Network provides auditing services to 0xbowio with the audit costing over $3.5M.

A stage 2 private zk-rollup launches, representing an advanced technical milestone in rollup security and decentralization.

The public sale opens on December 2nd, with zkmoney users whitelisted for the Contributor Track providing early bidding access and opportunity for additional token allocation.

Uniswap V4 specifically powers the $AZTEC token sale.

The network launches with over 500 active sequencers running the decentralized L2.

The public sale ends December 6, 2025, with increased token allocation on both the opening and closing days of the sale.

The token sale is currently in an early bid period exclusively for historical contributors, with the CCA (Continuous Combinatorial Auction) not yet started.

The token sale integrates with Uniswap and uses an auction mechanism where earlier bidders receive better pricing and allocation compared to later participants.

Tokens from the token sale are eligible for 100% unlock at 90 days through governance, with voting rights on this early unlock mechanism exclusive to token sale participants.

The public sale launches on December 2, 2025, with 1000 ETH already committed in the pre-sale phase.

The token sale is approximately 4% filled after 7 days with 300k whitelisted wallets participating.

The ongoing token sale shows an implied FDV of approximately $283M (98K ETH), with the sale denominated in ETH.

Ignition Chain now has 535 sequencers with 107M AZTEC staked, and block rewards are distributed 100% to stakers with foundation and insiders receiving 0% and prohibited from staking.

Nansen announces support as a network provider, with delegation opening after December 6.

Aztec Network has a booth at Devconnect and offers 3 creators 30-minute slots to create content and interview the team at the demo booth.

Ignition Chain launches on mainnet following a token sale (currently 0% completed), but faces criticism that all validators are paid by a single entity and the network is not publicly available, contradicting decentralization claims.

Aztec has a booth at NoirCon conference with paid creator coverage planned for the event.

DV_Labs goes live as a sequencer, using the Obol Stack for sequencer operations.

First epoch gets proven by four different provers, demonstrating decentralized proving is now live.

Ignition Chain goes live on Ethereum mainnet with 500 decentralized sequencers operational. ChainSafe serves as the 500th sequencer, triggering block production for the fully decentralized L2.

Ignition Chain ships, launching the decentralized consensus layer that powers the network.

Token sale raises only $2m in first 6 days toward $50m target at $350m FDV.

Team member jaosef presents at ethStaker's Staking Gathering, discussing the project's decentralization approach and ecosystem building strategy.

Token sale opens at 350M minimum valuation without cap, features 12-month lock (90 days with governance approval), requires KYC, and allocates no rewards to nodes or validators.

Permissionless Rewards program distributed last week. ChainSafe announces infrastructure and staking services availability for the network.

Pre-market listing confirmed for $AZTEC token.

A crypto trading account mentions the project as one of four potential upcoming exchange listings.

Aztec hosts a town square activation in the Privacy District at EFDevcon.

Genesis Sale implements CCA clearing mechanism integrated with Uniswap.

Aztec announces ignition chain as a developing stage 2 rollup.

Project team simplifies FAQ on official site to address questions around Contributor whitelist benefits, token lockups, and governance.

Controversy emerges within the community regarding the use of ZKP KYC for the token sale.

The token sale implements zero-knowledge proof-based KYC verification to protect user data during the verification process.