How Zenon Works
What Zenon does for you.
No Gas Fees
You don’t pay per transaction. Ever. No fee markets, no bidding wars, no surprise costs. You generate “Plasma” by either locking tokens temporarily or doing a quick proof-of-work on your device. Then you transact for free.
You don’t even need to own ZNN to use the network. Any device can do a small computation to generate Plasma and transact. A phone, a toaster, a sensor — if it can compute, it can participate.
This isn’t a subsidy or a promotional period. It’s how the network is designed. Micropayments, machine-to-machine transactions, and high-frequency applications become possible when every transaction doesn’t cost money.
Your Transactions Don’t Wait
On most blockchains, your transaction competes with everyone else’s for block space. On Zenon, you have your own transaction chain. You send when you want. You don’t wait for strangers.
Confirmations happen every 10 seconds. Once confirmed, it’s final. No reorgs, no uncertainty.
You Verify Everything Locally
Your wallet doesn’t trust a server to tell it what happened. It verifies cryptographic proofs directly. If someone tries to send you fake data, your device rejects it automatically.
This works even on constrained devices — phones, IoT hardware, browsers. You don’t need to download the full blockchain. You just need the proofs.
Bitcoin Works Here
Zenon can verify Bitcoin transactions using the same technique Bitcoin’s own light wallets use. No wrapped tokens, no trusted bridges, no third parties. Your device checks the math and knows whether a Bitcoin payment happened.
This opens up programmable Bitcoin — escrows, conditional payments, cross-chain swaps — without giving up custody or trusting intermediaries.
Two Tokens, One System
ZNN is the main token. You stake it, delegate it, and use it to generate QSR.
QSR is the utility token. You lock it temporarily to generate Plasma for feeless transactions. When you’re done, you get it back.
Both tokens work together. ZNN secures the network. QSR powers your transactions.
Works Offline, Settles Later
Your device can execute transactions when there’s no connection — and they’re valid immediately. The verification happens locally against provable constraints, so the transaction is confirmed the moment you make it. Settlement broadcasts when connectivity returns, but validity doesn’t depend on the network being online.
This matters for IoT devices, vehicles in tunnels, remote infrastructure — anything that can’t guarantee constant internet.
You Own Your Keys
There’s no account system. No email, no password, no KYC. You generate a keypair, you control it, you’re done. Your assets are yours. Your transactions are yours. Nobody can freeze your account because there is no account — just cryptographic keys that you control.
For technical architecture details, see the developer documentation.