Everything Private.

By Default.

Every transaction, token, and smart contract on Zano is private by default. Confidentiality is built into the protocol, not added as an afterthought.

Total Value Locked

Coins Staked

Zano Burned

Confidential Assets

Our Mission

No surveillance. No intermediaries. No compromise. Zano is a decentralized blockchain where anyone can transact, store value, and issue confidential assets without giving up control.

Why Zano

Not just private payments. A private economy. Trade, stake, issue assets, build apps. All confidential at the protocol level.

Private-by-Default

Amounts, addresses, and even asset types are hidden on every transaction. Enforced by the protocol, not opt-in.

Secure

Hybrid PoW + PoS consensus. Attacking Zano requires both hashpower and stake. No single vector is enough.

Decentralized

No minimum stake. No permission needed. Anyone can mine, stake, or run a full node from day one.

Uncensorable

When transactions are invisible, they can't be blocked, reversed, or selectively enforced. Privacy enables freedom.

Fungible

No coin is tainted. No blacklists. Hidden transaction history makes every ZANO identical.

Flexible

Issue private tokens, swap assets peer-to-peer, use human-readable aliases, build marketplaces with escrow. All native to the protocol.

The Zano Ecosystem

12 applications built on Zano: DEX trading, stablecoins, NFTs, messaging, merchant payments, and more.

Zano Trade

Swap any asset privately, peer-to-peer, with no middleman. Ionic Swaps settle atomically on-chain.

FUSD

A private stablecoin. Send dollars without anyone knowing how much, to whom, or when.

Zano Stats

Live blockchain explorer with network analytics, staking data, and market insights.

In the Media

What is Zano?

I sat down with Mr. Kwibs from Zano to break down what true financial privacy really means in the age of blockchain. We discuss how Zano hides addresses/amounts by default and how its hybrid consensus aims to keep the network secure.

Aug 2025

Bri Teresi

Is True Blockchain Privacy Achievable? — Sabelnikov on CryptoNote

Privacy is essential in blockchain. Many cryptocurrencies record transaction details on public ledgers, exposing financial activity to anyone. This lack of privacy creates risks, from targeted advertising to severe security threats.

Mar 2025

CCN

Privacy Coin Review: ZANO

Hybrid PoW/PoS Consensus: This novel asynchronous core structure alternates between proof-of-work and proof-of-stake based blocks, providing increased transaction throughput and eliminating intrusion possibilities such as 51% attacks.

Mar 2020

MeanHash / HashR8