AsterScan is the first independent block explorer for Aster Chain. Built by Kairos Lab, it streams blocks and transactions in real time, exposes validator profiles, tracks whale activity, and includes a staking rewards calculator covering every official lock period.

Is AsterScan official?

AsterScan is independent infrastructure built by Kairos Lab. It reads from public AsterDEX endpoints and the Aster Chain block stream — it is not operated by the Aster team. The data shown is sourced live from official AsterDEX APIs.

How can I look up an Aster Chain transaction?

Paste the transaction hash (0x followed by 64 hex characters) into the search bar at the top of any AsterScan page. The transaction page will show the block, validator, action, sender, and decoded payload when available.

How do I check Aster Chain validators?

Visit /staking on AsterScan for the live validator dashboard, or /staking/leaderboard for the side-by-side comparison view (operator type, commission, validating-since, blocks produced).

Can I estimate staking rewards on AsterScan?

Yes — /staking/rewards provides a calculator that takes your stake amount, lock period (26 weeks to 208 weeks), and trading-volume boost tier, then returns the full reward breakdown (base APY, loyalty APY, total APY, per-epoch and yearly outputs). Numbers reproduce the AsterDEX official formula and are updated each epoch.

What are the staking lock periods on Aster Chain?

Aster Chain supports five lock durations: 26 weeks, 52 weeks (1 year), 104 weeks (2 years), 156 weeks (3 years), and 208 weeks (4 years, max). Longer locks earn a higher veASTER weight, scaling linearly from 0.125x (26w) to 1.00x (208w).

Is AsterScan free to use?

Yes. AsterScan is a free, public-good explorer. No account, no API key, no subscription. The codebase and infrastructure are funded and maintained by Kairos Lab.

Where can I see live whale activity on Aster Chain?

The Whale Tracker page (/whales) surfaces large positions and transfers in real time. The Top Positions page (/positions) ranks active wallets by exposure and the No Privacy Tracker (/no-privacy) flags non-private orders above a configurable size threshold.

Who are the top traders on Aster Chain?

AsterScan publishes live trader leaderboards at /leaders — three views: Top by open PnL (current unrealized profit), Top by 7-day notional volume, and Most Active by 7-day order count. Each row links through to the full wallet snapshot at /scanner.

What is the daily recap of Aster Chain activity?

Visit /today for the rolling 24-hour summary: total whale orders, aggregated notional, the single biggest order of the day, buy vs sell flow split, top 5 traders and top 5 traded pairs. The page refreshes every minute.

How does Aster Chain compare on privacy adoption?

Aster Chain is the only major perp DEX L1 where order data is encrypted by default — the /privacy page shows the live percentage of transactions that are privacy-protected, alongside fee-burn adoption and ChangePrivacyMode events. Hyperliquid and BNB Chain expose 100% of trade data publicly.

Can I tag or label a known wallet on Aster Chain?

Yes — AsterScan maintains a curated registry of known wallets (validators, bridges, market makers, system addresses) at /tags. Anyone can submit a tag suggestion at /tags/suggest; submissions are reviewed manually before being added.

Shield Mode & Privacy on Aster Chain explained | AsterScan

ONfor new accountsPrivacy default

ZKSTARKProof system

Stealthper-tx derivationAddresses

Viewerselective disclosurePass

What is private by default

Account balances (behind privacy mode).
Open positions and unrealized PnL.
Order-book activity for accounts in Shield Mode.

What stays public

Block production. Every block, every sealer, every height is public.
Transaction existence. You can see that a privacy-mode account submitted an order, you cannot see the order details.
Aggregate market data. Total open interest, traded volume.
Trades for non-privacy-mode accounts. Shield is opt-in for trades, opt-out for account state.

How it works

Encrypted orders. Order payload is encrypted before it hits the chain.
ZK proofs. Each encrypted order is accompanied by a STARK proof that the order is well-formed. The system can match it without decrypting it.
Stealth addresses. Receiving addresses are derived per-transaction to avoid linkability across trades.
Viewer Pass. The account holder can selectively reveal data (to a tax tool, an exchange's KYC process, a counterparty) by issuing a viewer credential. The chain itself does not reveal anything without consent.

Account Privacy ON by default

As of chain genesis, every new account ships with Account Privacy enabled. Users opt out, not in. This is why AsterScan's whale tracker and trader leaderboards only surface accounts that have explicitly disabled privacy.

What this means for AsterScan

We cannot show balances or positions for accounts in privacy mode. Period. It is not a feature gap, it is a chain-level guarantee.

What we can show:

Block production, sealer identity, transaction count.
Aggregate flow per action type, per market.
Oracle prices, fee burn, ZK proof verification results.
The Privacy Adoption Dashboard at /privacy tracks how many accounts use each mode over time.

Shield Mode versus Account Privacy

Account Privacy. Chain-level, hides your account state.
Shield Mode. AsterDEX trading product, uses privacy primitives to also hide individual orders during execution.
You can have Account Privacy ON and trade in Pro Mode (public orders).
You can have Shield Mode trades on a public account.

Trade-offs

Performance, UX, compliance

Performance. ZK proof generation adds latency. Aster mitigates this with sub-second proving on the client side.
UX. Some integrations (third-party PnL trackers, portfolio aggregators) cannot read your account without your Viewer Pass.
Tax/compliance. You are still responsible for declaring trades. Viewer Pass exists to make this auditable when you need it to be.

Shield Mode and privacy on Aster Chain