Asentum is a Layer-1 that uses NIST FIPS 204 ML-DSA-65 post-quantum signatures from genesis and runs smart contracts written in plain JavaScript. Season 1 opened its incentivized testnet on 17 September 2026 at 16:00 UTC, with a live XP leaderboard open to users, developers and validators. Airdrop details are still being finalised by the project.
Season 1 opened on 17 September 2026 at 16:00 UTC on Asentum's incentivized testnet. It is open to anyone — no whitelist or snapshot was announced, and the project says every participant starts at zero XP.
You earn XP by exploring Asentum dApps, interacting with the chain, completing quests, staking $ASE, running a validator, reporting bugs, and referring new participants. Progress is tracked on a public XP leaderboard.
Running a validator is the highest-effort path: the node is designed for consumer hardware (a Raspberry Pi 4 is the stated floor) and Asentum has released an operator app for Windows and macOS. Validator XP is awarded for blocks signed rather than for how much free testnet ASE you bond, which the project says limits the advantage of simply holding a large testnet balance.
Reported multipliers include daily activity streaks building XP multipliers up to 3x and staking multipliers up to 10x.
No Season 1 end date has been published. Asentum says airdrop details are still being finalised; a third-party project page states eligibility is expected to be based on validator uptime and testnet transaction activity, with dates and amounts to be announced via official channels. Nothing about an allocation is confirmed, and no reward is guaranteed.
Facts only — Puqet doesn't rate airdrops as good or bad. Use this to form your own judgment, and always double-check against the project's own official docs.
ASE is the network's gas token (EIP-1559-style base fee burned, base fee 1 gwei), the staking asset securing consensus, and the governance token; validators bond 1,000 ASE to submit a proposal. It exists today as an ERC-20 on Ethereum with a planned 1:1 conversion to native ASE at mainnet.
Fixed hard cap of 1,000,000,000 ASE enforced at chain level. Project states no single group holds more than 16%, with the largest share going to the community via rewards and grants. Public presale ran 4-31 May 2026 on the project's own site at 625 Gwei/token, 100 ETH hard cap, 2 ETH max per wallet, no KYC, 100% unlock at TGE. Initial Uniswap v2 LP tokens locked 12 months via Team Finance.
Not individually doxxed. Press releases quote 'the Asentum team' rather than named founders; a Bitget project page describes a London-based group of cryptographic researchers and blockchain engineers. No named individuals, company registration or prior track record could be verified in search results.
Coverage is heavily newswire-driven (GlobeNewswire releases republished by exchange news desks); no independent tier-1 crypto media reporting was found. Traction is small: CoinGecko showed roughly $783k market cap and ~$44k daily volume, and Etherscan listed about 1,027 holders, so liquidity is thin. The presale was self-hosted on the project website with no launchpad screening and no KYC. A CoinGabbar review at presale time explicitly flagged missing team, utility, vesting and audit disclosures and called it a watchlist candidate rather than a verified opportunity.
Per Asentum's own disclosures page, a CertiK audit of the token contract is in progress with the report to be published when complete. No completed public audit of the chain itself was found.
No live market data yet — here's what's known about the project instead.
ASE is the network's gas token (EIP-1559-style base fee burned, base fee 1 gwei), the staking asset securing consensus, and the governance token; validators bond 1,000 ASE to submit a proposal. It exists today as an ERC-20 on Ethereum with a planned 1:1 conversion to native ASE at mainnet.
