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2025 Roadmap

 
In Progress
Decentralization Step 1
  • Block finalization committee ran by trusted community validators
  • 9 of 10 Aleph Zero Foundation nodes turned off
Shielder SDK: Mainnet release

SDK for integration of zkOS functions into wallet-related products

zkOS: Mainnet release
  • Pre-audit release of shielder contract on Mainnet
  • Limited to AZERO tokens (max 100 AZERO)
 
 
Extension
  • EVM-compatible wallet with private accounts 
  • Shielding for up to 100 AZERO 
  • Private-to-public transactions
 
 
To Be Done
Decentralization Step 2

Finalization fully decentralized—community validators rotating in fully permissionless manner

zkOS
  • Anonymity revoking
  • USDT, USDC, and WETH shielding
  • Full audit and lifting of restrictions
 
 
Mobile App
  • Gated release with WASM and EVM support
  • Public transactions and USDT, USDC, WETH shielding
  • External audit
Extension
  • USDT, USDC, and WETH shielding—and lifting of shielding limits
  • Support for public dApp connections
Smart Yield

Basic automatic yield generation on a single blockchain

External audit of Shielder
 
 
To Be Done
zkOS
  • Interchain shielding
  • Private-to-private transfers between zkOS users
 
 
Mobile App
  • Private accounts on multiple blockchains
  • In-app dApp browser and discovery tab
  • Cross-chain bridging
Smart Yield
  • Autonomous yield rebalancing for optimized returns 
 
 
To Be Done
zkOS
  • Permissionless relayers
  • Programmatic plugins
 
 
Mobile App
  • Payment cards/IBAN connections for fiat on/off-ramping and multichain token swaps
  • ENS-compatible private-to-private transfers
Extension
  • Private dApp connections with automatic creation/destruction of temporary addresses 
  • ENS-compatible private-to-private transfers
  • Advanced mode for easy management of intermediary accounts
Smart Yield

Interchain yield optimization with cross-chain rebalancing for max returns