Zano ZANO
Mature privacy L1 (since 2018) by the original CryptoNote author — private-by-default transactions, Confidential Assets, hybrid PoW (ProgPowZ) + PoS with hidden amounts, and a 100% fee burn.
About Zano
sources: official materials · verified 2026-10-13Zano is the oldest asset in the tracked set: live since December 2018, led by Andrey Sabelnikov — author of the original CryptoNote reference implementation (the codebase Monero forked) and of Boolberry. Every transaction is private by default: hidden amounts, addresses and asset types via d/v-CLSAG ring signatures (ring size 16), stealth addresses and Bulletproofs+. Consensus is hybrid — alternating PoW (ProgPowZ, GPU-only, ASIC-resistant) and PoS blocks under Zarcanum, the first proof-of-stake with hidden amounts; attacking the chain needs both hashpower and stake. Beyond payments: Confidential Assets (privacy tokens), Ionic Swaps (P2P atomic swaps inside wallets, powering the built-in DEX), aliases, auditable wallets, on-chain voting. Fixed 1 ZANO block reward with uncapped supply by design — and 100% of transaction fees are burned, so net supply can deflate when usage runs hot (CoinGecko circulating sits below the documented initial total). Audited by Cypher Stack; Zenith (2027) is the research-track overhaul.
How it works
- Network
- C++ from scratch on CryptoNote lineage; 8 active repos (zano, trade DEX, extension, native lib +android)
- Consensus
- Hybrid PoW/PoS, alternating blocks · Zarcanum PoS with hidden amounts · ~1 min blocks · 100% reward to finder
- Mining algorithm
- ProgPowZ — GPU-only, ASIC-resistant
- Launched
- 2018-12
- Hardware
- GPU
Quick start
tested 2026-10-17~30 min · ~$0.35 to test on a rentalMine ZANO on LuckyPool (wildrig-multi)
miner: wildrig-multi (--algo progpowz)- 1
--algo progpowz --server zano.luckypool.io --port 8866
↳ port 8866 for 15–25 MH/s rigs; 8877 ~100 MH/s, 8888 ~200 MH/s, 8899 >1 GH/s + Nicehash/MRR
- 2
# solo alternative: TT-Miner -P wallet@host:11555 -c ZANO (zanod built-in stratum)
↳ official solo route; >=2 GB GPU
Pitfalls we hit
- Quality signals: 8 years live, named CryptoNote-lineage lead dev, Cypher Stack audits, very active GitHub (8 repos pushed within 2 weeks of capture).
Tokenomics — token & supply
- Ticker
- ZANO
- Maximum supply
- Uncapped by design — fixed 1 ZANO reward forever; 100% of tx fees burned
- Emission
- 1 ZANO per block (~1/min) flat; 0.01 ZANO flat tx fee fully burned → net deflationary when usage exceeds emission
- Reward now
- 1 ZANO/block
- Halving
- None — team's explicit choice (fee-only security 'might not be accurate… Bitcoin might become a sad example')
- Premine
- 21%
Analytics
luckypool-stats + coingecko-supply · harvester · just nowPools
pool compare tool → P1| pool | fee | scheme | min payout | merge | stratum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LuckyPool live tracked | 0.9% | min payout 0.25 ZANO (default 1.2) · payments every 1800 s · ~21–24% of network | — | — | stratum+tcp://zano.luckypool.io:8866 (d500M, 15–25 MH/s) |
Hardware & miners
full hardware db (971 devices) → P1Exchanges & liquidity
| venue | pair | kyc | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEXC | ZANO/USDT | light kyc | $561k/24h |
| DigiFinex | ZANO/USDT | light kyc | $319k/24h |
| Ourbit | ZANO/USDT | light kyc | — |
| Nonkyc.io | ZANO/USDT | none kyc | — |
Reference material
cited on this page · links verified 2026-10-13Who to watch
sensors, not shills — verify before actingRisks
Premine 3.69M ZANO (~21% of initial supply; ~88% utilized, foundation fund ~2.9% of supply as of Jul 2026 with crowdfunding planned).
Privacy-regime risk is structural for the whole sector — delistings and exchange pressure hit privacy-first chains first.
Quality signals: 8 years live, named CryptoNote-lineage lead dev, Cypher Stack audits, very active GitHub (8 repos pushed within 2 weeks of capture).
Confidential Assets + bridge make the regulatory surface heavier than a plain privacy coin — turning BTC/ETH into asset-type-indistinguishable private tokens fronts AML rules directly; tier-1 exchange listings are structurally unlikely.
Key-person concentration: the core is ~3 people around Sabelnikov (vs 450+ contributors on Monero); the 2012 CryptoNote lineage is the asset and the bus-factor at once.
Full-PoS transition (15-20 s blocks, 100% fee burn) is announced but not verified on-chain — a consensus migration of that size is execution risk, not a detail.
tokenomics
- emission
- 1 ZANO per block (~1/min) flat; 0.01 ZANO flat tx fee fully burned → net deflationary when usage exceeds emission
- reward now
- 1 ZANO/block
- halving
- None — team's explicit choice (fee-only security 'might not be accurate… Bitcoin might become a sad example')
catalysts
Not financial advice. Verify before deploying capital.