Zilliqa
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What is Zilliqa?
Origins and execution
The Zilliqa project began in 2017 and launched its original mainnet in January 2019. Its first architecture distributed transaction processing across shards. Scilla was introduced as a contract language designed to support formal reasoning about contract behavior. The network also supports EVM contracts and Solidity tooling. Zilliqa 2.0 reached mainnet in June 2025, retaining support for both contract environments.
Validators and delegation
Zilliqa 2.0 uses delegated proof-of-stake to select validators. Operators stake ZIL as collateral, while holders can delegate through validator staking contracts. Rewards account for block proposals and validator participation in voting. The protocol can slash stake for equivocation and penalize failures to maintain liveness. The upgrade moved staking from the legacy seed-node system to new EVM-based contracts.
Token functions and supply
ZIL pays for transfers, smart-contract execution and other network transactions. Delegated ZIL helps secure consensus and earns rewards under the validator's contract rules. The token's issuance allocation is limited to 21 billion ZIL. Rewards distribute part of that allocation to network participants. The current staking model ties participation to proof-of-stake validation rather than the mining process used by the original network.
Where to trade ZIL
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ZIL funding rates
Live perpetual funding on every connected exchange. Positive = longs pay shorts.
Contracts & chains
Exact contract or mint per network — the identity layer used for DEX routing.
On-chain routes
Networks with a connected DEX routing adapter.