As February gave way to March, the Zano development team worked tirelessly, culminating in the momentous Zarcanum hardfork—a pinnacle of our efforts. These past weeks have been a blend of stress and satisfaction, but ultimately, rewarding as we achieved a significant milestone in the Zano project. Hardfork Highlights Pre-Hardfork:

After years of non-stop work leaving no line of code in our codebase untouched, we can proudly say the Zarcanum hard fork (HF4) has successfully happened on Zano's mainnet at block height 2555000, marking the most significant milestone in Zano's journey to this date. The Zarcanum hard fork transforms Zano

A major transformation is about to shake up Zano: With the arrival of the long-awaited Zarcanum hard fork, all transaction (TX) fees will be burned, leading to ZANO being able to become a deflationary asset over time when a certain amount of daily TXs gets reached. Let's dive deeper into

As we step into a pivotal phase of our project, the Zano team is thrilled to share our progress over December and January, gearing up for the highly anticipated Zarcanum hardfork, set to launch as expected on February 15th. This update is a testament to our team's dedication and hard

Yesterday we held a great AMA together with the CryptoGriffons community. This article is a recap of that interview so that it's available to everyone who couldn't attend. Enjoy! Q1: Please briefly explain what Zano is and what use cases it has. * Zano is a privacy-centric blockchain ecosystem that was

The past year has been excellent for Zano since we have experienced significant growth. But with the Zarcanum hard fork around the corner, which transforms our blockchain from supporting a single asset (ZANO) to multiple privacy assets instead of just one, the best year is yet to come! Many years

Exploring the Core of Zano's Privacy Mechanisms One of the fundamental principles of privacy used by Zano is 'unlinkability' — a feature that prevents the association of transactions with each other. In creating a transaction, the sender references their own input and also includes a 'decoy set' — outputs from random transactions

Hello Zano community! As we venture further into the final stretch of the year, the Zano development team remains dedicated to advancing our blockchain ecosystem. This November, we've continued to make significant strides in various areas, focusing on improving syncing speed, bug fixes, and preparing for the upcoming Zarcanum hardfork.

Zano is rapidly becoming one of the most unique and exciting blockchain ecosystems in the entire crypto space. Over the last year, we have experienced significant growth for our project, and our community has played a crucial role in this achievement. To further develop and strengthen our community, we proudly

Greetings, Zano community! In this month's report, we'll walk you through our achievements, which range from enhancing the reliability of our core features to gearing up for the impending Zarcanum hardfork. Here's a comprehensive overview of our progress: Ionic Swaps and Automated Testing: * Our QA team has conducted extensive manual

It's been a month of significant progress for the Zano team. As we inch closer to our goal of becoming a thriving ecosystem, we've been hard at work on multiple fronts. While primarily centered on various research initiatives this month, we've also dedicated some attention to minor UX and product

Welcome to the Zano Development Update for August 2023. This month has seen significant progress across various aspects of the Zano ecosystem. Let's dive into the highlights: Alias Registration and Confidential Transactions Our team has been hard at work refining the alias registration and handling mechanism to seamlessly integrate with

Hello Zano community! I hope this finds everyone well. While this update will be brief, I assure you, it holds vital developments and achievements our team has accomplished throughout July. It's been a productive month, and we're excited to share these advancements with you. Firstly, we've made significant progress on

Hello, Zano Community! I must apologize for the slight delay in getting this monthly update to you. We've been tirelessly working on preparing for the public testnet launch and the time just got away from us. Nonetheless, we are thrilled to be able to share with you the fruits of

The rise of cryptocurrency has often been likened to the early days of the internet. Many similarities exist, and, notably, the challenges that the early internet faced echo in the cryptocurrency realm. It's a moment of reminiscence and reflection, but most importantly, an opportunity for evolution. This article will discuss

In our previous blog post [link] we introduced Zano Confidential Assets (CA's)—secondary assets that will live on the Zano chain and benefit from the same enterprise-grade security features as Zano itself: hidden addresses, hidden amounts, and IP obfuscation. Additionally, all tokens will be completely indistinguishable to outside observers, making

As we delve into the month of June, it's time to reflect on the progress made in May and share some exciting developments and accomplishments from our Zano team. One of the highlights of May was our team's visit to the Monerotopia event. We had the opportunity to engage with

Hi everyone! As the Zano team has arrived at Monerotopia, where we will be speaking on various topics, I found myself with an extra hour and decided to put together this development update for our dedicated community, this time for the month of April. Our team has been diligently working

Dear Community, I hope this message finds you well. I would like to apologize for the delay in providing our March development update, as I was unwell and unable to deliver it on time. However, I am now back on my feet and excited to share the progress our team

What is money Money is a widely accepted medium of exchange that enables the buying and selling of goods and services. It serves as a measure of value, simplifies trade and allows for the efficient allocation of resources. Money has three primary functions: * Medium of exchange: Money allows people to

Non-explicit transparency in DeFi is a bug Finding bugs in software is a critical aspect of software development, as it helps ensure the reliability, security, and overall quality of the end product. The process of bug hunting involves rigorous testing, systematic evaluation, and constant vigilance on the part of developers

What are Tokens Tokens are digital assets that are built and created on top of Layer 1 blockchains. Tokens can represent assets or act as cryptocurrencies in their own right, which can be traded or exchanged on the blockchain. Tokens can represent anything from traditional currencies, like the US dollar

We would like to thank you for supporting Zano as we work hard to become the project that is the most scalable, secure and easy to use. Since some community queries have been around what aliases are and how do they work, we decided to make an article to elaborate