Originally launched as ZenCash and built on Bitcoin’s protocol foundations, Horizen follows a fixed 21M max supply with halvings every 4 years.

As the ecosystem matured, Horizen evolved beyond its original design through governance-approved upgrades that removed protocol-level shielded transactions. This marked a clear exit from the privacy-coin model and repositioned Horizen around application-level privacy, enabling confidentiality where needed while remaining composable and regulatory-ready.

Today, Horizen operates as an EVM-native Layer 3 on Base, designed to support privacy-aware applications without sacrificing composability or liquidity access. Execution runs at the application layer, while security anchors to Ethereum, enabling developers to build practical onchain products where privacy is a feature, not a constraint.

🪂 Zenrise is live as Horizen’s ecosystem participation and rewards layer 🌅

Through Zenrise, users earn XP by contributing to the Horizen ecosystem across onboarding, social activity, community engagement, and onchain participation.

Horizen has stated that XP earned through ecosystem quests is designed to convert later into $ZEN token rewards, staking boosts, and exclusive access as the ecosystem grows.

Step by step guide Horizen Airdrop

• Access → Head to the Horizen Zenrise dashboard and connect your wallet to get started.

• Complete onboarding tasks → Link your email and social accounts including X, Discord, and YouTube to unlock quests and begin earning XP.

  🪂 XP earned will convert later into $ZEN token rewards, staking boosts, and more.

  
  
  

• Earn XP → Complete ecosystem quests across social updates, community engagement, and onchain actions such as holding $ZEN on Base, as shown in your dashboard.

  
  
  

• Refer and earn → Share your referral link and earn rewards once referred users complete onboarding tasks and reach at least 75 XP.

  
  
  

* Follow @HorizenGlobal on 𝕏 and join the community on Discord to stay in sync.

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