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I recently put together a detailed comparison of Zano, Monero, Bitcoin and Ethereum to see how they actually stack up side by side.

The comparison looks at seven categories and uses linked sources for the numbers rather than relying on narratives or marketing.

One of the biggest takeaways is that Zano is the only chain in the comparison combining A+ privacy and fungibility with a native private asset layer.

The article covers:

• Privacy and fungibility
• Private staking with Zarcanum
• Speed and practical finality
• Network fees and Zano's fee burn
• Confidential Assets and private stablecoins
• BTCX, ETHX, SOLX and other bridged private assets
• Zano Trade and private swaps
• The areas where Bitcoin, Ethereum and Monero still have advantages
• The risks and trade-offs of Zano being a younger and much smaller network

I also included the weaknesses and risks instead of pretending Zano wins every category. Ethereum still dominates general-purpose DeFi and dApps, Monero has the longer privacy track record, and Bitcoin remains the benchmark for censorship resistance.

But when you look specifically at combining private payments, private assets, private staking and predictable fees on one network, the comparison gets very interesting.

Read the full article here:

https://x.com/GinoFPM/status/2097324889774420434?s=20

You can also explore the full interactive comparison and check the sources yourself:

https://zano.fun/compare

Curious to hear what everyone thinks about the comparison.

At Common S3nse Amsterdam, blockchain researcher Odysseas Sofikitis from Common Prefix presented “Zenith: Zano’s Path to Pure Proof of Stake.”

Odysseas is a PhD candidate at NTUA and specializes in consensus protocols, Byzantine fault tolerance, accountability and blockchain interoperability.

In the presentation, he explores blockchain security, Proof of Stake, privacy-preserving protocols, and how these ideas come together in Zano’s upcoming Zenith upgrade.

A great watch for anyone who wants a deeper technical understanding of Zano’s move toward pure Proof of Stake.

Watch the full presentation here:

https://youtu.be/fPYeR56m0pE

August was a major month for Zano.

Hard Fork 6 officially went live, bringing Gateway Addresses and major protocol improvements to mainnet, while the Zano Execution Layer moved into a unified testnet configuration. We also saw new ecosystem integrations, continued wallet and infrastructure upgrades, progress on Zano Quest, and plenty of community activity.

The latest monthly update covers everything that happened across development, integrations, events, community growth, and what’s coming next.

Read the full August Project Update here:

https://blog.zano.org/zano-monthly-project-update-23-august-2026/

Everyone discovers Zano in a different way. Some people were looking for stronger privacy, while others became interested through confidential assets, staking, or the wider ecosystem.

What first introduced you to Zano, and what convinced you to stay involved?

Share your story below, I am very curious!

Want to get started with Zano and actually use it in the real world?

During Common S3nse 2026 in Amsterdam, Ronne van Rijn hosted a workshop focused on onboarding new users into the Zano ecosystem and showing how to start using Zano in practice.

A great watch for anyone new to Zano or looking for a simple introduction to the ecosystem.

Watch the full workshop here:

https://youtu.be/YRxsTKUVmOA!

CoinMarketCap recently published a new overview explaining what Zano is and how the network works.

The article highlights Zano’s privacy-by-default approach, Confidential Assets, fUSD, Zano Trade, and the upcoming transition to Zenith. It also describes Zano as more than just a privacy coin, a foundation for a broader private digital economy.

A good introduction for anyone wanting to learn more about the project.

Read it here:

https://coinmarketcap.com/cmc-ai/zano/what-is/