Suzaku: Powering Avalanche’s Layer 1s with SUZ
Learn how Suzaku’s restaking protocol and the SUZ token enable staking rewards, stronger security, and growth across Avalanche’s emerging Layer 1 blockchains.
Building a new blockchain is no easy feat. You need robust security, reliable validators, and strong infrastructure, and this is all before you even launch. For Avalanche’s hundreds of emerging Layer 1 (L1) networks, this creates a classic chicken-and-egg problem: new blockchains need security and infrastructure to grow, but those can be hard to establish from scratch.
That’s where Suzaku comes in. As Avalanche’s restaking protocol, Suzaku tackles this challenge by supporting new L1 networks in three ways: providing the tools to progress from initial development to mainnet launch, boosting their security through shared collateral, and connecting them with professional operators to help scale and decentralize.
The Suzaku Ecosystem: Four Key Players
Suzaku’s design benefits all participants:
Stakers (most likely you): Provide security to networks and earn multiple rewards.
Curators: Experts who identify the best opportunities and manage complex analyses.
Operators: Infrastructure providers who run validator nodes.
L1 Networks: New Avalanche blockchains offering unique rewards and growth potential.
There are multiple ways to earn in this ecosystem:
Regular Staking Rewards: Earn from the assets you stake plus rewards from each network, including native token emissions, transaction fees, and unique airdrops.
Liquid Restaking Tokens (LRTs): Receive liquid tokens representing your staked positions. Use these LRTs in other DeFi protocols like lending platforms, keeping your capital productive.
Suzaku Points Program: Earn Suzaku Points with every staking activity. Different assets have different multipliers, with SUZ staking offering the highest rewards, qualifying you for future airdrops.
Thinking about building your own Avalanche L1 with Suzaku? We walk you through it here.
The SUZ Token
Launch Details
Launch Dates: August 13, 2025
Price: $0.135 per SUZ
Total Supply: 100 million SUZ
Distribution at TGE:
SUZ vs sSUZ: Why Staking Matters
While holding SUZ gives you basic protocol access and trading ability, staking SUZ into sSUZ unlocks governance power, native staking rewards, a points multiplier, auto exposure across L1 networks, and continuous value growth. sSUZ is a Liquid Staking Token (LST) powered by a Milk Vault, developed in partnership with Yield Yak.
Why is sSUZ so valuable:
Continuous Value Growth: Native SUZ rewards accrue inside the vault continuously, boosting sSUZ’s value relative to SUZ over time. The protocol will distribute 1.5% of the total SUZ supply during the first year after TGE.
Enhanced Rewards Multiplier: SUZ staking grants Suzaku Points with a 2.5x multiplier, the highest in the protocol, further increasing your future airdrop potential.
Automatic Multi-L1 Exposure: Your staked SUZ simultaneously secures all Suzaku-supported L1 networks, earning diverse rewards without manual effort.
Governance Power: Only sSUZ holders can vote on protocol decisions, network selections, and treasury management.
DeFi Compatibility: As a liquid staking token, sSUZ remains tradable and usable across Avalanche’s DeFi ecosystem while generating staking rewards.
Looking Ahead
Suzaku aims to become the security layer for dozens of Avalanche L1s, creating network effects that benefit all participants. As new networks launch and mature, sSUZ will automatically capture value from this growth through continuous reward distribution and governance participation. With the SUZ TGE on August 13, early participants will likely be able to capitalise on the highest reward multipliers and be at the forefront of Avalanche’s evolving security layer.
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