Skip to content
yieldo.
Open Telegram
yieldo.
EN RU
Open Telegram

Your ecosystem guide / LayerZero

LayerZero: move assets, messages and data across chains

LayerZero carries messages between applications on different blockchains. Those messages can move a token balance, trigger a contract action or return data from another chain. Stargate gives users a transfer interface; LayerZero Scan follows delivery.

Get started Explore the ecosystem
Core protocol
Crosschain messages
Verified on 23.10.2026
Token transfers
OFT standard
Verified on 23.10.2026
Governance token
ZRO
Verified on 23.10.2026
LayerZero
All sections

OFT · OApp · lzRead

A message connects two sides of an action

The application chooses its verification requirements. DVNs check the message, then an Executor submits the destination transaction. A token transfer, a contract call and a data query use this process differently.

Move a token

  1. 01Burn or lock on the source chain
  2. 02Verify the crosschain message
  3. 03Mint or unlock on the destination chain

An OFT keeps a unified token supply across its deployments. The source contract debits the sender; the destination contract credits the recipient. An adapter can lock an existing token instead of burning it.

Read the documentation ↗

Call another application

  1. 01Send a message from the source app
  2. 02Meet the destination verification requirements
  3. 03Execute the receiving contract’s action

An OApp can send arbitrary instructions. For a composed transfer, receiving the token and executing the next application action have separate statuses in Scan.

Read the documentation ↗

Read another chain

  1. 01Request a chain’s state at a chosen block
  2. 02DVNs retrieve and verify the result
  3. 03Return the response to the requesting chain

lzRead lets a contract obtain remote onchain data. The response comes back to the requesting contract, which can use it in its own logic.

Read the documentation ↗

Transfers, dollar liquidity and message tracking

The same messaging protocol supports different products. Choose a transfer interface to move an asset, an explorer to follow delivery or documentation to build an integration.

Transfer assets between networks

Stargate

Stargate offers crosschain asset transfers and OFT routes. Its quote shows the receiving asset, route and fees before submission. Taxi is the current delivery mode following the October end of Bus.

Open ↗ How it works ↗

Follow both sides of a message

LayerZero Scan

Find a message by source transaction hash or address. Scan separates source confirmations, verification and destination execution, including any composed action.

Open ↗ How it works ↗

Move USDT-backed liquidity

USDT0

USDT0 uses OFT messaging. An Ethereum adapter locks or unlocks the underlying token; corresponding deployments mint or burn the crosschain token as supply moves.

Open ↗ How it works ↗

Build crosschain applications

LayerZero Developers

OApp carries application messages; OFT supplies token-transfer logic; lzRead retrieves remote state. Developers configure peers, DVNs and execution for each supported pathway.

Open ↗ How it works ↗

Sending and arriving are separate stages

A successful source transaction starts the message journey. Source confirmations, verification and destination execution can finish at different times.

CONFIRM

Wait for the source threshold

The application sets the required block confirmations. DVNs begin checking once that threshold is reached.

VERIFY

Meet the application’s security settings

Required DVNs and any optional threshold must attest before verification can be committed. The chosen providers belong to that application and pathway.

EXECUTE

Read the destination result

Inflight means a stage is still pending. Delivered records successful receipt by the destination contract. When a composed action follows, Scan shows its result separately; inspect execution errors in Scan. Once the cause is resolved, execution can be retried through its interface.

An OFT transfer changes where the balance exists

The contracts coordinate supply across networks. The asset issuer chooses whether a deployment burns tokens or holds an existing token in an adapter.

BURN / MINT

Move supply between deployments

One side burns the sent amount; the other creates the corresponding amount. The recipient receives the destination deployment of that asset.

LOCK / UNLOCK

Connect an existing token

An adapter holds the original token while the crosschain representation circulates. A return transfer can unlock the original.

ASSET + CHAIN

Choose the receiving asset

The application’s supported pathway and the recipient service determine which token and network to use. The Stargate quote identifies what will arrive before you send.

A quote combines several costs

The sender pays for source-chain gas and the work needed to verify and execute the message. Product fees can be added by the transfer interface.

NETWORK

Gas on the source chain

Keep the source network’s gas asset available to submit the transaction. Destination execution is priced through the selected execution service.

EXECUTOR

Pay for destination execution

Since 1 September 2026, the LayerZero Labs Executor minimum is $0.25 per transaction; selected pathways may cost more. Other service providers set their own terms.

STARGATE

An app fee for OFT routes

Stargate’s OFT product fee is up to 0.02%, capped at $250 per transfer, separate from the Executor fee. The app displays the fee before submission. This product fee applies to transfers made through Stargate.

ZRO links governance and the Stargate buyback programme

The latest fee-switch vote ended Off in June 2026. Stargate revenue already supports a separate ZRO purchase programme.

VOTE

Decide on the protocol fee switch

ZRO holders vote on an additional protocol fee. If enabled, that fee is converted into ZRO and burned. Infrastructure and application charges continue under their own pricing.

BUYBACKS

Follow purchases funded by Stargate

The Foundation’s tracker records the active Stargate-revenue ZRO buybacks and the inactive protocol-fee channel.

15 DEC 2026

Convert STG to ZRO

Following the Stargate acquisition, STG holders can use the official conversion route until 15 December 2026. Stargate v1 has reopened for redemptions; the official update links the conversion instructions.

Zero and ATLAS are scheduled for 30 November 2026

LayerZero’s 20 October announcement sets the planned mainnet launch date. The current messaging protocol continues to connect applications on existing networks.

ZERO

A blockchain with ZRO as its planned gas asset

Zero separates transaction execution from proof verification. Its announced model gives ZRO roles in gas, delegated staking and governance when the network launches.

ATLAS

Market infrastructure for trading venues

ATLAS brings matching, clearing, settlement and risk into a backend on Zero. Users are intended to trade through connected venues, each with its own interface.

PLANNED FEES

Venue rebates, market creators and ZRO

The announced ATLAS model first pays the venue rebate. Of the remainder, 25% goes to the market creator and 75% to buying and burning ZRO.

Choose the route, then follow its delivery

Start at the official transfer interface with the asset on a supported source network. Keep the source transaction hash to check progress in Scan.

01

Open Stargate

Choose the source and destination networks, asset and recipient. Use the token and network supported by the receiving wallet, exchange or application.

02

Review the amount that will arrive

Compare the quoted receiving token, amount and charges. Keep enough of the source chain’s gas asset to submit the transfer.

03

Check the destination in Scan

Look up the source transaction hash. Follow verification and destination execution; for a composed action, also read its separate result.

Senders fund delivery; Stargate revenue funds ZRO purchases

Verification and execution services earn fees for processing messages. Stargate’s product revenue also feeds its documented ZRO buyback programme.

Message sender

Sender → verification and execution services

The transfer quote pays the selected services for checking and delivering the message. Source-chain gas pays for the source transaction.

Message sender

Network gas and quoted messaging charges

Crosschain message delivery

Network participants, DVNs and Executor

Payment for source inclusion, verification and destination execution

Stargate product revenue

Stargate revenue → ZRO purchases

Stargate allocates revenue to the active ZRO buyback programme. The Foundation publishes purchase records separately from the governance fee switch.

Stargate product revenue

Revenue allocated to the buyback programme

Buy ZRO on the market

ZRO buyback programme

Recorded purchases funded by Stargate revenue

Protocol documentation and ecosystem sources

Protocol and application security ↗OFT token mechanics ↗lzRead remote-state queries ↗Message statuses and execution ↗Stargate and Executor pricing ↗Fee-switch votes ↗ZRO purchase records ↗STG conversion deadline ↗Zero and ATLAS launch announcement ↗ATLAS design and planned economics ↗USDT0 implementation ↗

2 Discord communities on LayerZero

Checked on 23.10.2026

LayerZero LayerZero’s own developer community for crosschain messaging, application integration and omnichain token standards. Community About the ecosystem Stargate Official Stargate is a core LayerZero V2 application: crosschain liquidity pools and a bridge interface for Stargate assets and LayerZero OFTs. Community About the ecosystem
Full list on discordcatalog.com →

5 sources about LayerZero

Start with LayerZero and Stargate for product changes, then read the co-founders and wider DeFi news coverage.

Checked on 23.10.2026

LayerZero LayerZero_Core LayerZero product and research updates: crosschain messaging, omnichain tokens, Stargate and the development of Zero and ATLAS. Official Affiliation confirmed Stargate StargateFinance Stargate’s own updates on crosschain asset transfers, OFT integrations and changes to supported routes. Official Affiliation confirmed Bryan Pellegrino PrimordialAA LayerZero co-founder and CEO Bryan Pellegrino explains protocol development, interoperability and the direction of its products. Builders About the ecosystem Ryan Zarick ryanzarick LayerZero co-founder and CTO Ryan Zarick writes about the technical design of Zero, ATLAS and crosschain infrastructure. Builders About the ecosystem The DeFi Investor TheDeFinvestor DeFi news writer whose regular recaps cover LayerZero product announcements alongside wider developments in crypto. News About the ecosystem
Full list on xfollowlist.com →

Information checked: 23 October 2026

Practical questions

1Is LayerZero a blockchain or a bridge?

The working LayerZero protocol carries messages between applications on different blockchains. Stargate is a transfer interface using that infrastructure. Zero is a separate blockchain scheduled to launch on 30 November 2026.

2What happens to a token during an OFT transfer?

The source contract burns or locks the sent balance. After verification, the destination contract mints or unlocks the corresponding amount. The mechanism keeps supply coordinated across the asset’s deployments.

3How can I follow a transfer?

Search the source transaction hash in LayerZero Scan. Check source confirmations, verification and destination execution. A composed application action has its own result after receipt.

4Does every LayerZero application use the same DVNs?

Each application configures its verification requirements for its pathways. Required DVNs and an optional threshold determine when a message can be verified.

5What does a Stargate OFT transfer cost?

The quote includes the relevant messaging and product charges. Stargate’s OFT product fee is up to 0.02%, capped at $250; the LayerZero Labs Executor minimum is $0.25. Network gas is paid separately and route pricing can vary.

6Is the ZRO protocol fee switch enabled?

The June 2026 vote ended Off. Stargate-funded ZRO purchases are an active, separate programme recorded by the Foundation.

7When does STG conversion end?

The official deadline to convert STG to ZRO is 15 December 2026. The October ecosystem update links the conversion instructions and confirms Stargate v1 redemptions are open.

Continue on Yieldo

ZRO token Token identity, governance, networks and live markets. Stargate Finance token The existing STG profile and markets. Withdraw ZRO from an exchange Compare supported networks, fees and minimums. ZRO exchange Earn Exchange products and current terms. Ethereum Source-chain gas, wallets and applications. Ethena USDe, sUSDe and their product mechanics.