The mainnet of Aster Chain has officially launched, a layer-1 blockchain designed to eliminate what the team calls the “transparency trap” in DeFi. The network, backed by YZi Labs, incorporates privacy by default at the execution layer through a verifiable encryption architecture with zero-knowledge proofs, rather than treating it as an optional feature.
On platforms where on-chain activity is fully visible, other market participants can identify large positions, locate their liquidation prices, and coordinate actions to force those liquidations.
Aster Chain’s privacy stack combines verifiable encryption with ZK and a stealth address mechanism, so that no third party can track, correlate, or reconstruct transactions. At the same time, asset transfers are traceable for compliance purposes, and users who wish to expose their activity can do so voluntarily through a Viewer Pass.
In terms of performance, the network reaches a peak of 100,000 TPS with a median block time of 50 ms, with no gas fees, which the team says brings the experience in line with that of a centralized exchange. Leonard, CEO of Aster, noted that “transparency between a protocol and its users is a fundamental feature, but transparency between a trader and their competitors is a critical vulnerability.”
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