What lock periods does Aster Chain support?

Five durations: 26 weeks, 52 weeks (1 year), 104 weeks (2 years), 156 weeks (3 years), and 208 weeks (4 years, max). Each maps to a time-weight that scales linearly: 0.125x, 0.25x, 0.50x, 0.75x, 1.00x.

veASTER is your locked-stake weight. Formula: veASTER = LockedAmount × (LockWeeks / 208). It determines your share of the weekly loyalty reward pool. Longer lock = higher veASTER = bigger share.

How is staking APY calculated on Aster Chain?

Total APY = Base APY (validator's commission-adjusted yield, ~3.8%) + Loyalty APY (your veASTER share of the 300,000 ASTER weekly pool). For a 26-week lock: ~5% total. For 4 years with 1.25× boost: ~16% total.

What is the early-exit penalty?

max(2%, min(60%, weeks_remaining / 208)) of the unlocked amount. Halfway through a 4-year lock = ~50% penalty. Halfway through a 26-week lock = ~6% penalty.

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.

How Aster Chain staking works | AsterScan

5%–16%Total APY range

300KASTER / week (loyalty pool)

5Lock durations

60%Max early-exit penalty

The 30-second version

You lock ASTER for 26 weeks to 4 years. Longer locks earn more. There are two independent reward streams:

Base APY

~3.8%

From your validator's block rewards. Flat, independent of lock length.

Loyalty APY

+1–12%

Your share of 300K ASTER/week. Scales with lock length + trading volume.

The five lock periods

Each duration maps to a fixed time-weight used in the rewards formula:

Lock period	Weeks	Time-weight	Loyalty APY*
26 weeks (~6 months)	26	0.125×	+1.1%
52 weeks (1 year)	52	0.25×	+2.3%
104 weeks (2 years)	104	0.50×	+4.6%
156 weeks (3 years)	156	0.75×	+6.9%
208 weeks (4y, max)	208	1.00×	+9.2%

* Loyalty APY at the no-boost tier (1.00×). Plug your numbers into the rewards calculator for live values.

veASTER — your "weight"

When you lock, the protocol mints you veASTER — a virtual accounting unit (not a token you can transfer). It determines your slice of the loyalty pool.

veASTER = LockedAmount × (LockWeeks / 208)
Power   = veASTER × BoostMultiplier

Quick calculation

Lock 10,000 ASTER for 2 years (104 weeks):
10,000 × (104 / 208) = 5,000 veASTER

Two reward streams in detail

1. Base APY — from your validator

You delegate to one validator. They produce blocks, the chain pays a flat reward, you earn your stake's share minus commission. Every active validator currently runs at 0% commission — so base APY ≈ validator gross APY ≈ ~3.8%.

Commission note

0% commission is typical of a subsidized launch phase. Expect drift toward 2–5% as the chain matures.

2. Loyalty APY — from the weekly pool

Each week the protocol distributes 300,000 ASTER proportionally to each staker's power vs the network total:

YourReward  = LoyaltyPool × (YourPower / TotalNetworkPower)
LoyaltyAPY  = LoyaltyPool × 52 × TimeWeight × BoostMultiplier
              ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
                             TotalNetworkPower

Current Total Boosted veASTER ≈ 169.5M. Check the staking dashboard for the live number.

Boost tiers — trading volume multiplier

Trading on AsterDEX multiplies your loyalty rewards. Volume is measured per epoch (Monday 00:00 UTC → Sunday 23:59 UTC) and resets each week.

Tier	Volume / epoch	Multiplier
None	< 500K USDT	1.00×
Tier 1	≥ 500K USDT	1.05×
Tier 2	≥ 50M USDT	1.15×
Tier 3	≥ 200M USDT	1.25×

Resets every epoch

Boost is per-epoch — not 30-day cumulative. If you cross 500K USDT in one week you're Tier 1 that week. The next week you start from zero.

Early-exit penalty

You can break a lock before maturity. The penalty is proportional to time remaining:

Penalty = max(2%, min(60%, WeeksRemaining / 208))

Scenario	Penalty
Exit on day 1 of a 4-year lock	~100/208 ≈ 48% (≤ 60% cap)
Exit halfway through a 4-year lock	~50% (≤ 60% cap)
Exit halfway through a 26-week lock	~6.25%
Exit 1 day early on any lock	≥ 2% floor

Lock = lock

There is no “soft” unlock. If you change your mind in week 3 of a 4-year lock, you eat a ~50% penalty on the unlocked amount.

Worked example

10,000 ASTER · 2 years · No boost

Lock: 10,000 ASTER × 104 weeks → 5,000 veASTER

Base reward: 10,000 × 3.86% / 52 = 7.42 ASTER/epoch

Loyalty reward: 300,000 × (5,000 / 169,565,217) = 8.85 ASTER/epoch

Total: ~16.3 ASTER/epoch = ~8.5% total APY

Plug your own numbers into the rewards calculator — it uses the live formula and matches the official AsterDEX UI to ±0.1 pp.

Common gotchas

Pick your validator carefully

Commission is 0% across the set, but a validator going offline costs you uptime credits. Use the validator profiles page to compare uptime and first-observed dates.

Switching validators is free

You can switch validators without breaking your lock — your veASTER carries over.

To actually stake, go to asterdex.com/staking — AsterScan is a read-only explorer and cannot execute transactions.

Last reviewed May 2026. Numbers drift — check the staking dashboard for current values.

Corrections → @aster_scan