A network actually run by individuals.
A rotating ~100-validator BFT committee per epoch, selected by stake-weighted lottery, permissionless after genesis. Tuned for the consumer hardware you already own — with a Raspberry Pi 4 as the supported floor. Real decentralization, on real machines.
Chain metrics at a glance.
Signing seats / epoch
100
Committee chosen by stake
Selection
By stake
500 ASE to be a candidate
Consensus
Aura + GRANDPA
2-second target slots
Finality
GRANDPA
2/3 of stake, a few blocks behind the head
Signatures
ML-DSA-65
NIST FIPS 204 Dilithium3
Smart Contracts
JavaScript
Plain source on-chain
Hardware Floor
Raspberry Pi 4
Median target: consumer PC
Tooling
JSON-RPC
Ethereum tool compatible
How validation works.
Asentum uses proof-of-stake with Aura block production and GRANDPA finality. Validators take turns producing blocks in 2-second target slots, and finality lands once two-thirds of stake has voted. The protocol is permissionless after genesis: self-bonding the 500 ASE minimum makes you a validator candidate, and each epoch the 100 signing seats go to the largest stakes (currently about 1,350 ASE to get in; check the cutoff on the explorer's validators page). Wallets and tools talk to the network over a JSON-RPC interface, so MetaMask, ethers.js, viem, and existing block explorers work with thin shims.
Delegation (coming soon)
Delegation is coming in a future update and is not live on testnet. Today validators bond only their own ASE (500 ASE minimum). Once it ships, you will be able to back a validator you trust and share in its rewards and its risk.
Block Production
Validators take turns producing blocks under Aura, with a 2-second target slot. GRANDPA finality votes (pre-vote, pre-commit) finalize blocks once 2/3 of stake has signed off.
Rewards & Burn
EIP-1559 fee market: the base fee is burned, the priority tip goes to the block proposer. Validators earn block rewards plus tips, with each validator capped at 10% of a block's rewards.
The barrier to entry comparison.
32 ETH + Server
~$80,000 in ETH stake plus a high-end server with 16GB+ RAM, fast SSD, and reliable uptime. Effectively excludes individual participants.
$5,000+ Hardware
Specialized hardware with 128GB+ RAM, 12-core CPU, and enterprise NVMe storage. Designed for data centers, not individuals.
Your home PC
Tuned for the median consumer PC: 4-core, 8–16 GB RAM, SSD, residential broadband. A Raspberry Pi 4 is the supported floor for anyone who wants the smallest possible setup. No data center, no enterprise NVMe, no five-figure stake required.