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Participated · Seed · Aug 2025

Suzaku provides a unified re‑staking framework and marketplace for validator infrastructure that connects stakers, operators, and L1 networks, offering reference network architectures, an L1 development stack, and battle‑tested security modules. The protocol targets emerging Avalanche L1s seeking to decentralize without compromising security, and it co‑authored ACP‑99 and participated in the Avalanche9000 incentivized testnet to help new L1s establish robust validator models. Suzaku refined its technical strategy during Codebase Season 1 with mentoring from Ava Labs and received $50,000 in non‑dilutive funding from the program. The team reports traction including integrations with Dexalot and PLYR and a TVL all‑time high of $9 million. The project aims to use the new funding to accelerate development and expand its impact across the Avalanche ecosystem, leveraging recent protocol changes such as ACP‑77 that lower validation barriers for L1s. Its roadmap emphasizes secure, permissionless decentralization for L1s and broader tooling for builders on Avalanche.