Zano – Pavel Nikienkov, co-founder "Strip self-custody or permissionless access away, and what's left is theatre. Any platform that hands users to a custodian and calls it convenience, or hides a switch that can cut you off without warning, is rebuilding the old system inside a new shell." – Pavel Nikienkov, co-founder, @zano_project. Zano doesn't soften it, and they shouldn't. The next decade of this industry comes down to how seriously projects treat self-custody and permissionless access. Everything else is a new shell on the old system. Pavel's full quote runs in our new long read on the second decade of self-custody, next to perspectives from ELLIPAL and Swapzone → cryptoslate.com/guides/self-…

The Zano Private Economy Conference has officially come to an end and what an incredible success it was! 🔒🔥 📌 Over 1,200 registrations 📌 More than 600 attendees in attendance Attendees experienced firsthand what the Privacy Economy looks like in the real world through live demonstrations, hands-on onboarding sessions, merchant payment showcases, and in-depth discussions around privacy, cryptocurrency, and decentralized finance. The conference featured presentations on blockchain fundamentals, the future of digital money, financial freedom, privacy-preserving technologies, and why privacy must become a standard if crypto is to achieve mainstream adoption, especially across Africa. Participants learned about Zano's privacy-by-default architecture, Confidential Assets, Freedom Dollar (fUSD), private Bitcoin through BTCx, and the growing ecosystem of tools being built on Zano. Hundreds of attendees downloaded the Zano wallet, created their first aliases, received ZANO, and experienced truly private on-chain transactions for the very first time. One thing became very clear throughout the day: people understand the value of crypto, but they also understand that without privacy, true financial freedom remains incomplete. The energy in the room, the questions, the engagement, and the excitement around the Privacy Economy showed that Africa is ready for the next phase of crypto adoption. A huge thank you to our speakers, panelists, volunteers, partners, community members, and every single person who attended and helped make this event a reality. The movement for financial privacy in Africa is growing stronger every day. 🧵Check the thread below for more photo highlights from the conference.

You can now swap $ZANO on sshwap! 🔄 @sshwapcom is a terminal-UI crypto swapper accessible over SSH. It runs on any device with a terminal emulator and an SSH client, even on low-bandwidth connections or a meshnet like Reticulum. No web browser means no JS, no fingerprinting, and a minimal attack surface. Available over clearnet, Tor, and I2P. 🔒

$ZANO development stats 🧑🔥💻 Week 8 June-14 June 2026: ✅ 19 commits ➕ 453 lines added ➖ 44 lines removed ►@zano_project 🌐 zano.org #BUIDL #crypto #cryptocurrency #privacycoin #BTC #blockchain #CryptoNews #cryptocurrencies

Did you know... Every single transaction fee paid on the Zano network is permanently burned. With enough network activity, Zano can become deflationary, meaning the total supply actually shrinks over time. Every fee burned. No exceptions. 🔒

Your BCH should be yours. Not yours plus a public map of your activity. BCHx helps close the privacy gap by letting users swap BCH into a 1:1 private asset on the @zano_project blockchain, directly inside Edge. Keep your crypto. Upgrade your privacy.

You can now swap $ZANO on @official_fswap! 🔄 Fswap.io is a secure, fully automated crypto exchange with no registration required. Fast swaps from 2 minutes and support for 4,000 cryptocurrencies. Another fast, registration-free way to get $ZANO whenever you want it. 🔒

The Zano team is attending Common S3nse this year. It's a conference and hackathon organized by @CryptoCanal focused on privacy, security, cryptography, decentralized systems, and liberty. It is designed as a space for thoughtful conversations, technical exploration, and collaboration, without sales-driven agendas. 📅 September 4 & 5, 2026 📍 De Hallen Studio's, Amsterdam Use code ZANO-FRENS for 20% off your ticket. If you're attending, let's connect. 🔒

Zano (zano.org/) support is coming to Tibane Wallet soon, we'll probably the only MPC wallet out there supporting Zano at all.

You can now top up the PrivacyGateway card with $ZANO. 💳 @Privacygateway_ just went live with full Zano support. What's now possible: 🔹 No KYC required. 🔹 0% fees on USD purchases. 🔹 Spend it anywhere VISA is accepted. 🔹 Top up your card balance with $ZANO anytime and spend up to $10,000 a month. 🔹 Get the card by paying the annual subscription of $60 directly in $ZANO. $fUSD support is in the works and coming soon. Another place to turn private crypto into everyday spending. 🔒

Quick reminder of what's in the new Zano Lite wallet beta: 🔹 Connects to a remote node, no full blockchain sync 🔹 Full privacy-by-default on every transaction 🔹 Send, receive, and manage your assets 🔹 Zano Companion extension support built in 🔹 Runs on desktop alongside the full node wallet This is a beta. Try it out and let us know where it can improve. 🔒

Quick update: we're moving our AMA with @zano_project to Thursday, June 11, same time – 17:30 UTC. We're seeing the questions roll in, and we'd rather give you more time to send them than rush the conversation. Same Spaces link, just a new day. See you Thursday 👇 x.com/i/spaces/1XGyggZozpVxM…

Join us for an AMA with @zano_project June 9, 14:30 UTC 🔗 x.com/i/spaces/1XGyggZozpVxM… Web3 security and privacy-focused assets: self-custody as a security model, and what keeps assets safe in 2026. Speakers: - ZANO: @Gonbat03 - SimpleSwap: @LanaAvag Drop your questions below or bring them live.

The digital economy was built on surveillance by default. Every payment, balance, and asset you hold is visible to someone watching. @zano_project is building the opposite: the infrastructure for a privacy-first digital economy, where privacy isn't a feature you switch on but the foundation everything runs on. Welcome to Common S3nse. 🔒

$ZANO development stats 🧑🔥💻 Week 1 June-7 June 2026: ✅ 21 commits ➕ 1035 lines added ➖ 89 lines removed ►@zano_project 🌐 zano.org #BUIDL #crypto #cryptocurrency #privacycoin #BTC #blockchain #CryptoNews #cryptocurrencies

The Zcash team recently disclosed a vulnerability in their Orchard privacy pool, found with Claude Opus 4.8, that could in theory have allowed undetectable counterfeit coins. They patched it fast and disclosed it openly. This is the new reality for every privacy protocol. AI-assisted auditing can now find cryptographic flaws that traditional review can't. At Zano, the team already runs AI-assisted analysis against the protocol as part of hardening Hardfork 6, relying on frontier models as well as having deployed infrastructure to self-host our own models for additional security guarantees, catching hidden vulnerabilities and fixing them before they ship to mainnet. Strong privacy and a supply you can trust are not nice-to-haves. They are the foundation, and the foundation gets tested first. The privacy projects that last will be the ones already stress-testing their own cryptography with these tools, before anyone else does it for them. 🔒

Bitcoin.com Checkout supports privacy-friendly crypto like $fUSD and $ZANO. Accept crypto and auto-settle into a private stablecoin like $fUSD — no volatility, and your payments stay discreet. For merchants and customers who want more direct payments without intermediaries. Get Bitcoin.com Checkout Now 👉  bitcoincomcheckout.app.link/…

Livestream: Private FinTech meets Private Law with Zano x.com/i/broadcasts/1OxwbbDRa…

What's the biggest reason YOU want financial privacy on-chain? Be honest. 👇

Two communities, one mission. Privacy is freedom. Join us live this Friday at 10AM Pacific. 🔒