Aster Chain glossary

Proof-of-Staked-Authority L1 with ~50ms block time, derived from BNB Chain. Native token ASTER. Optimized for one workload: high-frequency on-chain orderbook matching for the AsterDEX perpetual futures DEX. Mainnet went live March 17, 2026.

Used for gas, staking, fee burn, and protocol-level rewards. Also exists as a BEP-20 on BNB Chain via the bridge. Original deployer 0x000Ae314E2A2172a039B26378814C252734f556A.

Virtual accounting unit — not a token in your wallet. veASTER = LockedAmount × (LockWeeks / 208). Determines your share of the loyalty reward pool. Higher veASTER → bigger reward share.

Five durations supported: 26 weeks (~6 months), 52 weeks (1y), 104 weeks (2y), 156 weeks (3y), 208 weeks (4y, max). Longer lock = higher time-weight = more rewards. Breaking early triggers the early-exit penalty.

Linear: weeks ÷ 208. So 26w = 0.125×, 52w = 0.25×, 104w = 0.50×, 156w = 0.75×, 208w = 1.00×. Used in the veASTER formula and the loyalty APY calc.

Trading volume per epoch (1 week) on AsterDEX maps to a multiplier on your loyalty rewards. None (1.00×), Tier 1 ≥500K USDT (1.05×), Tier 2 ≥50M USDT (1.15×), Tier 3 ≥200M USDT (1.25×). Resets each epoch.

Aster Chain rewards are computed per epoch. Each epoch lasts exactly 7 days, locked at Monday 00:00 UTC. Boost tier is measured against your trading volume that epoch. The loyalty pool of 300,000 ASTER pays out at epoch end.

Distributed proportionally to each staker's 'power' (veASTER × boost) divided by the network's Total Boosted veASTER. The bigger your power vs the network total, the bigger your slice.

Flat per-block reward emitted by the chain to active validators, then forwarded to delegators minus the validator's commission rate. As of April 2026 every active Aster validator runs at 0% commission, so base APY = validator's gross APY.

Loyalty APY = (LoyaltyPool × 52 × TimeWeight × Boost) ÷ TotalNetworkPower. Higher lock + higher boost + smaller network total = higher loyalty APY for you.

What you actually earn. Ranges from ~5% (26w / no boost) to ~16% (4y / 1.25× boost) depending on parameters. The Rewards Calculator at /staking/rewards computes this exactly.

Currently 7 permissioned operators on Aster Chain: Aster Validator 1 & 2 (team-run), plus Trust Wallet, BNB Chain, WLFI, Pancake, Lista. Take turns proposing blocks, earn flat block rewards + take a commission cut from delegated stake.

Percentage of base rewards retained by the validator before passing the rest to delegators. Currently 0% across all active Aster validators (subsidized by the team during launch phase). Expect ~2-5% drift later.

When you stake on AsterDEX you delegate to one validator. They produce blocks on your behalf, you earn the rewards, validator takes the commission cut. You can switch validators without breaking your lock — your veASTER carries over.

Formula: max(2%, min(60%, weeksRemaining / 208)). Floored at 2% (so even 1-day-early costs something), capped at 60% (so 4y lockers can't lose >60% of unlocked stake).

Optional account-level toggle. When on, your trading fees are charged in ASTER (with a discount vs USDT) and that ASTER gets burned. Reduces circulating supply over time. See ChangePrivacyMode action type for the on-chain flip.

AsterDEX uses a slice of fee revenue to buy ASTER on the open market. Trackable in real time on /buybacks — gives a sense of net supply pressure (burns + buybacks vs new issuance).

Validators push reference prices for every traded symbol via the UpdateOracle action. These set the mark price used for funding rates, liquidations, and PnL marking. Live feed on /oracle.

Optional per-account flag. When on, order payloads (symbol/side/price/qty) are submitted encrypted on-chain. Action type and submitter address stay public; the cipher is opened only by the matching engine. Adoption stats on /privacy.

Aster Chain transactions are typed (no opaque contract calls). Every tx is one of: PlaceOrder, PlaceStrategy, CancelOrder, CancelOrders, CountdownCancelAll, Deposit, Withdraw, AdjustLeverage, ChangePositionSide, UpdateOracle, ChangePrivacyMode, FeeBurn, Noop. See the transactions guide for what each does.

AsterScan tracks 'whales' as addresses with notional exposure above a configurable threshold. /whales shows live activity, /positions ranks by current exposure.

Aster Chain blocks are numbered from 0 (genesis) and increment by 1 per block. With ~50ms block time, height grows by ~1.7M blocks per day. A height of 90M doesn't mean 90M transactions — most blocks are small or empty.