As Horizen prepares for the upcoming migration to its new appchain on Base, we’re inviting the community to participate in a testnet dry run.

We’re excited to share that Horizen has successfully completed two independent security audits, conducted by Cantina, covering both our smart contracts and claiming tools users will use to claim and manage their assets.

DeFi was supposed to be our escape. It promised a permissionless, borderless, bankless finance. A parallel world where control shifted from institutions to individuals. But DeFi forgot to lock the door behind us somewhere along the way.

The new version ZEN 5.0.7 is available to download on GitHub and via Docker. Action required: Update to ZEN 5.0.7 before June 11th, 2025.

Horizen is embarking on a major upgrade, moving ZEN onto the Base blockchain. This involves ZEN becoming a standard ERC-20 token on Base and launching our privacy-first appchain.

ZenIP 42409, which is an addendum to ZenIP 42407: Horizen 2.0 Tokenomics Proposal passed on April 24th with a quorum of 142% and 99.39% of the votes for.

The new version ZEN 5.0.6 is available to download on GitHub and via Docker.

The ZenIP 42406 Addendum proposes a major strategic move: migrating Horizen ($ZEN) and EON to Base (Coinbase’s Layer 2) as an appchain optimized for privacy-preserving apps.

On February 15th, 2025, the Horizen DAO held a Special Council vote, marking a significant event in the governance of the Horizen ecosystem. This vote was open for 7 days, closing on February 22nd, 2025.