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title: ZEN Token
description: "ZEN is the coordination, value-accrual, and governance token of the Horizen ecosystem — ERC-20 on Base, bridged to Horizen via LayerZero OFT."
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ZEN is the coordination, value-routing, and governance token of the Horizen ecosystem. It is a standard ERC-20 token that lives on Base and bridges to Horizen Chain via LayerZero's OFT (Omnichain Fungible Token) framework. Note: ZEN is not used to pay gas fees.

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## Contract Addresses

### ZEN (Mainnet)

| Network | Contract | Address |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mainnet Base | ERC-20 | [0xf43eB8De897Fbc7F2502483B2Bef7Bb9EA179229](https://basescan.org/address/0xf43eB8De897Fbc7F2502483B2Bef7Bb9EA179229) |
| Mainnet Base | OFT Adapter | [0x57da2D504bf8b83Ef304759d9f2648522D7a9280](https://basescan.org/address/0x57da2D504bf8b83Ef304759d9f2648522D7a9280) |
| Mainnet Horizen | ERC-20 | [0x57da2D504bf8b83Ef304759d9f2648522D7a9280](https://explorer.horizen.io/token/0x57da2D504bf8b83Ef304759d9f2648522D7a9280) |
| Mainnet Horizen | OFT | [0x57da2D504bf8b83Ef304759d9f2648522D7a9280](https://explorer.horizen.io/token/0x57da2D504bf8b83Ef304759d9f2648522D7a9280) |

### tZEN (Testnet)

| Network | Contract | Address |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Testnet Base | ERC-20 | [0x107fdE93838e3404934877935993782F977324BB](https://sepolia.basescan.org/address/0x107fdE93838e3404934877935993782F977324BB) |
| Testnet Base | OFT Adapter | [0x2ead4B0beBD8e54F9B7cC1007DF4c44a27b9a339](https://sepolia.basescan.org/address/0x2ead4B0beBD8e54F9B7cC1007DF4c44a27b9a339) |
| Testnet Horizen | ERC-20 | [0xb06EC4ce262D8dbDc24Fac87479A49A7DC4cFb87](https://explorer.horizen.io/token/0xb06EC4ce262D8dbDc24Fac87479A49A7DC4cFb87) |
| Testnet Horizen | OFT | [0xb06EC4ce262D8dbDc24Fac87479A49A7DC4cFb87](https://explorer.horizen.io/token/0xb06EC4ce262D8dbDc24Fac87479A49A7DC4cFb87) |