AERE Network

What AERE Network does

AERE Network is a non-custodial EVM Layer 1 blockchain (Chain ID 2800) operated by the AERE Network Foundation and domiciled in Seychelles. The chain launched on mainnet in July 2025 with QBFT consensus at 0.5-second deterministic finality and underwent a tokenomics re-genesis on 2026-05-07, fixing total supply at 2.8 billion AERE with 37.5% of validator rewards burned into an immutable AereSink vault. Its primary technical differentiator is on-chain verification of six NIST-standardized post-quantum signature families — Falcon-512, Falcon-1024, ML-DSA-44, SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s, WOTS+, and XMSS — with five native PQC precompiles live since the AerePQC fork on 2026-07-12. Core contracts are formally verified via symbolic execution and consensus safety/liveness is machine-checked via z3 SMT queries.

Beyond the base chain, AERE ships an extensive application suite: ERC-4337 smart accounts with passkey support (WebAuthn/Face ID/Touch ID/YubiKey via RIP-7951 P-256), modular ERC-7579 accounts, ERC-6551 token-bound accounts, a four-paymaster gasless onboarding stack, a multi-prover zk substrate (SP1, RISC Zero, KZG, Halo2), recursive proof aggregation, full-EVM validity, zk-KYC attributes, a sanctions-enforcing privacy pool, a DePIN compute marketplace, RWA lending, native CLOB, batch-auction settlement, threshold-encrypted mempool, confidential MPC compute, and Hyperlane v3 cross-chain messaging. AI/agent infrastructure includes AERE402 HTTP-402 payments, slashable agent bonds, composable reputation, portable memory vaults, and an EU AI Act Article 12 inference oracle.

The GTM motion is community-led and developer-centric: public RPC endpoints, TypeScript and Rust SDKs, Foundry/Hardhat templates, a developer hub, a grants program, and GitHub presence. Revenue mechanics are designed around gas fees, sAERE staking, AERE402 protocol fees (25 bps), RWA lending, and DePIN compute work, but no revenue, customer concentration, funding, or headcount detail is disclosed beyond a stated 1-10 employee range. The validator set is currently 7 Foundation operators on a single hosting provider, with a public roadmap to expand to 21.

Name

AERE Network

Legal name

AERE Network

Website

https://aere.network

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

AERE Network operates an EVM Layer 1 blockchain (Chain ID 2800) with on-chain NIST post-quantum signature verification, 0.5-second deterministic finality, and built-in compliance primitives (zk-KYC, MiCA, EU AI Act) targeting institutional settlement, AI agent operators, and EVM developers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Layer 1 Blockchain Infrastructure

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415)

SIC

Finance Services (6199)

akta.pro primary industry

Node Operations, RPC & Infrastructure Services (nodes, validators, RPC, relayers) (FSAPAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cryptography, Privacy & Identity Infrastructure (ZK, MPC, DID, key management) (FSAPAAAJ), Protocol Security, Monitoring & Risk Tooling (audits, formal verification, analytics) (FSAPAAAL), Cross-Chain Security & Verification (light clients, zk/optimistic proofs, validation networks) (FSAPAKAF)

Keywords

• Layer 1 blockchain
• Post-quantum cryptography
• Blockchain infrastructure
• EVM-compatible chain
• Zero-knowledge proofs

Headquarters

HQ city

Victoria

HQ country

Seychelles

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Transaction Fees (Gas): Users pay transaction fees denominated in AERE tokens for execution on Chain 2800. 37.5% of validator reward (from gas fees) burns into the sealed AereSink vault; remaining 62.5% goes to validators/stakers.
2. sAERE Staking Yield: Users stake AERE to receive sAERE (ERC-4626 receipt token). sAERE yield comes from: BURN bucket (buys back AERE), BUYBACK bucket (auto-converts to AERE), and YIELD bucket. sAERE is structured as a receipt instrument per SEC Aug 2025 staking-receipt guidance.
3. AERE402 Agentic Payments: HTTP 402/x402-compatible payment facilitator for AI agents. 25 bps protocol fee on agent payments routed to the burn engine (AereSink). Rate-limited, self-deal prohibited.
4. AereLendingMarket: RWA lending engine. Real-world asset markets (BUIDL, USDY, OUSG, LBTC) planned on issuer onboarding. Supply-borrow-repay cycle proven end-to-end on-chain.
5. DePIN Compute Marketplace: Providers stake AERE and earn for compute work. Requesters escrow payment, work settles on-chain with slashing for incorrect results. Adoption-gated on hardware operators joining.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

AERE Network operates an EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain (Chain ID 2800) delivering sub-second deterministic finality (0.5s via QBFT consensus) and live on-chain verification of six NIST-standardized post-quantum signature families (Falcon-512/1024, ML-DSA-44, SLH-DSA, WOTS+, XMSS). The chain is built on Hyperledger Besu with full Pectra + Fusaka EVM parity, an immutable 37.5% burn-to-sealed-vault tokenomics with fixed 2.8B supply, and a suite of protocol-level primitives including zk-KYC compliance, sanctions-enforcing privacy pools, ERC-4337/7579/6551 account abstraction with passkey support, a multi-prover zk stack (SP1, RISC Zero, KZG, Halo2), DePIN compute marketplace, and AERE402 agentic settlement.

Product overview

AERE Network is a non-custodial EVM Layer 1 blockchain (Chain ID 2800) built for institutional settlement with 0.5-second deterministic finality via QBFT consensus. The platform is a modular architecture combining a core EVM chain with an extensive suite of application-layer products: (1) Post-Quantum Cryptography: AerePQC Verifier Suite with native precompiles for Falcon-512/1024, ML-DSA-44, SLH-DSA, WOTS+, and XMSS, plus AerePQCAccount and AereThresholdAccount for post-quantum custody; (2) Account Abstraction: AerePasskeyAccount (ERC-4337), AereModularAccount (ERC-7579), AereTokenBoundAccount (ERC-6551), AereDelegation7702, and 4-Paymaster gasless onboarding stack; (3) Zero-Knowledge: AereZKScreen (zk-KYC), AereZKMLVerifier (private ML inference), AereProofAggregator (recursive proofs), AereEVMValidityBatch (full-EVM validity), multi-prover zk substrate (SP1, RISC Zero, KZG, Halo2), AereZkEthLightClient and AereZkQbftLightClient; (4) DeFi/Settlement: AereSettlement (batch-auction), AereCoreBook (native CLOB), AereLendingMarket (RWA), sAERE + AereSink flywheel; (5) AI/Agents: AereAgent, AereAgentBond, AereAIReputation, AereAgentMemoryVault, AereAIProof, AereInferNet (EU AI Act); (6) Privacy: AereCompliancePool (sanctions-enforcing privacy), AereConfidentialCompute (MPC); (7) Interop: Hyperlane v3 + AereMessenger, AereWarpRouteV3 (USDC.e); (8) Compliance: AereAttestationGateway, AereBestExReceipt (MiCA), AereSanctionsRegistry; (9) DePIN: AereComputeMarketV2. Fixed 2.8B token supply with 37.5% burn mechanism. Mainnet live since July 2025.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AERE Network (Chain ID 2800) Non-custodial EVM Layer 1 blockchain designed for institutional settlement with 0.5-second deterministic finality via QBFT consensus and live on-chain post-quantum signature verification. Built on Hyperledger Besu with full Pectra + Fusaka EVM parity and a fixed 2.8B token supply with 37.5% validator reward burn to a sealed vault.
• AerePQC Verifier Suite On-chain post-quantum signature verification suite covering all six NIST-standardized families (Falcon-512, Falcon-1024, ML-DSA-44, SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s, WOTS+, XMSS), validated bit-for-bit against NIST KAT/ACVP vectors. Verification performed at the application layer and via native precompiles since the AerePQC fork.
• AerePasskeyAccount (ERC-4337) WebAuthn passkey-authenticated smart account using FIPS 186-4 ECDSA on the NIST P-256 curve. Supports Face ID, Touch ID, Windows Hello and YubiKey with no seed phrase required; deployed at AerePasskeyAccountFactoryV2.
• AereModularAccount (ERC-7579) Modular ERC-7579 smart account with pluggable validator modules including scoped session keys (AereSessionKeyValidatorV2) and guardian social recovery behind a 48-hour timelock.
• AereTokenBoundAccount (ERC-6551) Token-bound accounts enabling NFTs to own wallets that hold assets, sign via EIP-1271, and execute calls; canonical registry deployed at 0x7fFdA0AcDeB919938dB91dbEa779D841c833EF68.
• AerePQCAccount ERC-4337 smart account whose sole owner is a Falcon-512 lattice public key with no classical fallback; all authorization decided by live on-chain AereFalcon512Verifier.
• AereThresholdAccount

Quantifiable outcome

• Falcon-512 verify-and-record: 86,336 gas via precompile (0.51% of 16,777,216 cap); ML-DSA-44: 351,050 gas (2.09% of cap); Falcon-1024: 145,496 gas (0.87% of cap)
• +5 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability6 records

Feature10 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Polygon: EVM-compatible scaling ecosystem (PoS, zkEVM, CDK) serving enterprise and institutional clients. Comparable on EVM tooling and institutional GTM, though Polygon is primarily a L2/sidechain rather than a sovereign L1 with PQC.
• Canton Network: Institutional-grade blockchain for synchronized finance with privacy and compliance built in, targeted at regulated financial institutions. Comparable on institutional settlement positioning and compliance-by-design, though not EVM-compatible.
• Sei Network: High-performance EVM-compatible Layer 1 optimized for trading and institutional settlement with sub-second finality. Directly comparable on EVM compatibility and speed-first positioning, though without AERE's post-quantum or compliance primitives.
• Monad: Emerging high-throughput EVM Layer 1 with parallel execution architecture and sub-second finality. Comparable as a next-generation EVM L1 chasing institutional and DeFi flows, though Monad does not emphasize PQC or compliance.

Direct peers

• Quantum Resistant Ledger (QRL): Public Layer 1 blockchain purpose-built for post-quantum security using XMSS hash-based signatures. Directly comparable as one of the few chains with native PQC at the consensus or account layer, though it is not EVM-compatible.

Broad incumbents

• Avalanche: EVM-compatible Layer 1 with sub-second finality (Snowman consensus) targeting institutional and enterprise use cases. Comparable on EVM parity and settlement-grade performance, with broader validator set but no native PQC verifiers.
• Ethereum: The dominant EVM-compatible Layer 1 and AERE's primary reference for full Pectra/Fusaka parity. Comparable because AERE positions itself as an institutional-settlement EVM L1, but Ethereum is a much broader, more decentralized incumbent with its own PQC roadmap.
• NEAR Protocol: Sharded Layer 1 with sharded EVM execution, AI/x402-style agent tooling, and account abstraction. Comparable on developer-friendly UX and AI/agent positioning, though NEAR's account model and consensus are not directly aligned with AERE's QBFT EVM L1.
• Hedera: Enterprise-focused distributed ledger with deterministic finality, native compliance features, and governance by major corporations. Comparable as an institutional/enterprise settlement chain with regulatory-grade primitives, though it is not EVM-equivalent.

Others

• Hyperlane: Permissionless interoperability protocol whose v3 Mailbox and Warp Routes are deployed on AERE. Comparable as cross-chain messaging infrastructure that AERE integrates with; functions as ecosystem infrastructure rather than a direct L1 competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/aerenetwork
• Xx.com/Aerenetwork
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aerenetwork

Compliance11 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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