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Zano, an open-source cryptocurrency focused on privacy, is introducing Obscura, a platform for creating, managing, and trading NFTs like art and music on its blockchain, emphasizing confidentiality in ownership and transfers.
The platform aims to address issues in traditional NFT marketplaces by enabling private transactions, which could prevent market manipulation and protect creators from censorship, especially for controversial content.
This development aligns with growing concerns about privacy in the NFT space, as highlighted by a 2022 Analytics Insight report noting that NFTs can pose security and privacy risks due to blockchain data like addresses and identifiers.
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Zano’s upcoming desktop wallet release introduces a remote node feature, allowing users to access the wallet instantly without downloading the 10 GB blockchain, enhancing user experience by reducing storage, CPU, and RAM demands.
This update maintains the option for users to run a full node, which is essential for staking ZANO, balancing convenience with the network’s security needs.
The development reflects Zano’s focus on building practical blockchain infrastructure, as highlighted by community feedback praising the project’s emphasis on usability and innovation.
The hard fork enables Ethereum-style (EVM) signatures, facilitating integration with existing threshold signature solutions and supporting bridging systems like Confidential Layer, which uses EVM-family toolkits for privacy-focused blockchain interactions.
It addresses previous technical issues, such as invalid and stuck transactions, and prevents old-format transactions from disrupting the network, ensuring smoother future upgrades.
The update is critical for Zano’s integration with the Confidential Layer bridge and smart contract functionality, enhancing the blockchain’s stability and capacity for multi-asset privacy tokens.
K1Pool, a multicoin mining pool, has added Zano (ZANO) to its platform, using the Progpowz algorithm optimized for GPU mining, as part of its mission to support profitable and accessible mining options.
Zano is a privacy-focused cryptocurrency aiming for mass adoption, with a decentralized mining ecosystem resistant to ASIC domination, as detailed on its official website and mining guides.
The promotion of a 0% pool fee for Zano mining until April 1, 2025, incentivizes miners to join K1Pool, leveraging its PPLNS pool structure and automatic payouts.
The blog post announces a major milestone for the Zano ecosystem: the full integration of Zano’s blockchain into the Bitcoin.com Wallet app, effective as of March 14, 2025. This integration marks a significant step in Zano’s journey toward mass adoption, making it easier for users to hold, send, and receive Zano ($ZANO) directly within one of the most widely used cryptocurrency platforms.
With over 55 million registered self-custody wallets and 1 million active monthly users, Bitcoin.com Wallet’s commitment to privacy, security, and financial sovereignty aligns perfectly with Zano’s core values. The partnership enables Zano to join other major blockchains like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Avalanche, and Polygon on the platform, enhancing Zano’s visibility and accessibility.
The integration also sets the stage for future innovations, such as bridging popular cryptocurrencies (e.g., ETH, BTC, SOL) onto the Zano blockchain for enhanced privacy, all manageable within the Bitcoin.com Wallet app. Bitcoin.com CEO Corbin Fraser emphasized the importance of financial privacy, stating that this integration represents a critical move toward making privacy mainstream and empowering users with secure, private crypto transactions.
This milestone underscores Zano’s ongoing efforts to expand its ecosystem, strengthen its privacy-focused offerings, and drive adoption among a global user base, solidifying its position as an enterprise-grade, privacy-centric blockchain platform.
https://blog.zano.org/zano-is-now-live-on-bitcoin-com-wallet
“Building the Future: What’s Next for Zano?” from March 7, 2025, on blog.zano.org outlines the significant progress and future plans for Zano, a privacy-focused, open-source layer-1 blockchain ecosystem. It highlights 2024 as a pivotal year, driven by the Zarcanum hard fork, which enabled explosive growth through features like confidential assets and Proof of Stake with hidden amounts. Looking ahead, Zano aims to enhance user experience, attract developers, and provide robust tools to establish itself as the premier privacy platform.
Key developments include the launch of Kaurma, a gold-backed privacy stablecoin led by Aaron Day, promising stability and redeemable physical gold, and the introduction of Obscuras, a new class of private NFTs on Zano’s blockchain, alongside a meme token, $BANDIT, adding utility to the ecosystem. Major integrations with Bitcoin.com Wallet and Cake Wallet in 2025 have improved accessibility. Zano Trade, an upcoming peer-to-peer trading platform, will leverage escrow contracts for secure, decentralized trading of any currency, including fiat, without third-party moderators.
The post emphasizes Zano’s ongoing commitment to privacy, security, and scalability, positioning 2025 as the beginning of a collaborative effort to make Zano a leading force in decentralized, privacy-first technology.
February 2025
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Zano’s fifth hard fork on March 18, 2025, introduces ETH Signature support, enabling off-chain signing and asset operations for Confidential Assets, enhancing privacy and future contract capabilities on the blockchain.
The update removes CPU-mining code from mainnet builds to avoid false malware flags, improves blockchain download speeds with a high-speed CDN, and implements a transaction hardfork ID to ensure smooth future upgrades.
The Zarcanum hard fork, mentioned in related web content, previously transformed Zano into a multi-asset blockchain, setting the stage for this update’s privacy-focused features like hidden addresses and amounts.
