How confidential assets actually work on Zano

[vera]

Been digging into Zano confidential assets — the fact that amounts and types are hidden by default is wild. Anyone using them in production?

[moderator]

Great question — the CA scheme is covered in the docs. Moving this to the right category if needed.

[vera]

I use them for a small asset issuance — works great.

[Ketone]

Basically, Confidential Assets on Zano hide the sender, receiver, amount, and asset ID using ring signatures, stealth addresses, and Bulletproofs+. This makes any confidential transaction indistinguishable from any other confidential transaction on the chain, enabling private stablecoins and wrapped assets without a separate blockchain.

[adiela 0]

On Zano, confidential assets use the same privacy principles as $ZANO to keep transaction details like amounts and balances hidden while still allowing the network to verify that everything is valid. That means you can have different assets without giving up Zano’s privacy model.

[petrex 0]

basically, Zano’s Confidential Assets are designed to keep transaction details private.

using ring signatures, stealth addresses and Bulletproofs+, they hide the sender, receiver, transaction amount and asset ID.

this makes confidential transactions difficult to distinguish from one another onchain, allowing assets like private stablecoins and wrapped tokens to exist directly on Zano without needing a separate blockchain.