Important notes:
Mobile wallet: The Apple and Google stores have rejected our mobile wallet update. This means the Zano mobile wallet will not work temporarily until the updates are live in stores. If you don't want to wait, you can always download the .APK file directly from our website: http://zano.org/wallets.
PoW Miners: Some mining pools haven't updated their software yet, these will be temporarily unavailable until they update to the latest build.
Zano just passed block 3,833,000 and yet another huge upgrade is now active on mainnet.
What changes:
Gateway Addresses are live. Services like exchanges and bridges can now integrate Zano by reading a single account balance, instead of scanning the whole chain and rebuilding it from scattered outputs
Registration is permissionless. Any service can set one up without asking anyone, and every registration burns 100 $ZANO
Stronger consensus: tighter validation rules and a more decisive fork-choice rule
Per-output payment IDs, so services can match deposits to the right account with recipient privacy intact
And what doesn't change: your wallet is exactly as private as it was yesterday. Gateway Addresses are built for services, not for everyday users.
If you haven't updated your wallet yet, do it now at zano.org/wallets. An old version won't follow the new chain.
The hardest barrier to Zano adoption just came down.
The work now moves to getting exchanges, bridges, and other services actually integrated. That part starts today. 
Coin Gabbar published a full ecosystem overview. Covers how Confidential Assets tie the apps together, plus fUSD, Zano Trade, Obscura and what's next on the roadmap: https://www.coingabbar.com/en/crypto-blogs-details/zano-ecosystem-explained-privacy-assets-apps
Zenith published: the design for Zano's move to pure Proof of Stake
Roadmap updated, with the Zano Execution Layer as the key addition
The Zano Forum opened at forum.zano.org, sign in with your alias
HF6 on track, activating at block 3,833,000 on the 26th of August
AEON Pay cashback campaign live
Read the full article here. 
https://blog.zano.org/zano-monthly-project-update-22-july-2026/
Mistex.io is a privacy-focused instant exchange built for fast, simple crypto swaps without unnecessary exposure. The platform does not require KYC or registration and do not keep user activity logs, so users can swap assets with fewer data trails. For stronger network privacy, Mistex also provides a Tor v3 mirror. On top of that, the website includes an encrypted in-house online chat, giving users support without relying on third-party tracking widgets.
We've updated the Zano roadmap to reflect where the project actually stands and what's coming next.
The key addition: the Zano Execution Layer.
An EVM sidechain that brings smart contracts to Zano, with bridged $ZANO as the native gas coin. Standard Solidity contracts and tooling run unmodified. Hardhat, Foundry, MetaMask, and audited contract libraries all work from day one, so developers can build on Zano with the stack they already know.
That opens the door to lending markets, AMMs, and yield for $ZANO and Confidential Assets like $fUSD inside the Zano ecosystem, not only on external chains. Every contract interaction requires $ZANO for gas.
Check out the full updated roadmap below.
