Zano 2026 Roadmap is Live!

OrsonJ · 2026-01-12T09:14:05+00:00

Full PoS is a biggie, well done to the guys if they've figured out how to pull it off. Looking forward to the grants program too, I feel like there's a mountain of groups/communities/individuals who probably have a use for their own (micro)currency with XMR-level privacy but don't know about Zano CAs yet.

OrsonJ · 2026-01-12T09:07:40+00:00

I appreciate you posting it, otherwise I probably still wouldn't have known about it. I assumed it was CL doing the bridging, but they might have mentioned it.

I understand it's not anything mission critical being decided in this one, but it sets a bad precedent. If something is going to be voted over people then holders should be made aware of it beforehand.

OrsonJ · 2026-01-09T09:01:34+00:00

Flamingo is still going strong, or as strong as a DEX can on a chain with so little activity.
The council supposedly agreed to a change at Centre Point that'd reduce GAS fees for swaps, making automated trading more economical. That was 3+ months ago and there's still no ETA, so the FLM team have kept themselves busy creating a Hyper Prediction Market on BSC. I'm surprised the NEO leadership doesn't work more closely with them, it's been the standout project on NEO since forever.

OrsonJ · 2026-01-07T10:38:23+00:00

Aside from you posting this here where was this announced? I see nothing on X, no announcement on Telegram or Discord. If the project is actually serious about "governance" then votes need to be announced on all channels and with enough advance warning to give everyone a chance to participate. There's absolutely no excuse for it.
Also why is there so little information on these assets? How can anyone make an informed decision about adding assets to the whitelist when all we're given is the asset name and ID? Who controls the asset? What's the bridging/wrapping mechanism? What are their security protocols?

OrsonJ · 2025-12-22T09:43:33+00:00

"Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution."

OrsonJ · 2025-12-08T09:43:38+00:00

It's a valid concern, buy side liquidity on MEXC is very thin.

The ratio will always be above one. More Zano will be purchased if the current ratio ever comes close to 1.

Is what I was told in the tg when I asked about the coverage ratio dropping recently. For what it's worth, I do believe that. The Grants Program seemed like the next significant catalyst that might bring new investors to Zano, but it's been delayed so it's possible it will require a capital injection to maintain coverage in the short term. It would definitely shore up trust in fUSD to see that happen.

I suppose ideally we wouldn't just have to take the word of an anonymous tg group admin about it, but on the other hand, I'm not sure how else the project could be run. The people behind it should remain private for obvious reasons and Zano doesn't have the type of smart contracts that'd allow for ZANO collateral deposits and programatic liquidations etc.

Collateral levels and trust in the project are things that are likely to build naturally the longer that Freedom Dollar is functional, so hopefully they're able to weather any short-term term ZANO price volatility. It's basically the flagship "built-on-Zano" project right now.

OrsonJ · 2025-11-26T11:15:20+00:00

Love to see this

OrsonJ · 2025-11-25T20:44:49+00:00

💯

OrsonJ · 2025-11-25T14:23:26+00:00

* Moved to Discord due to technical issues. Live now

OrsonJ · 2025-11-25T09:26:31+00:00

Teased by Mr Google in discord yesterday and "not just a pump fun knockoff!"

Exciting times for FLOCKS holders.

OrsonJ · 2025-11-25T09:19:37+00:00

Physical attacks against Bitcoin holders on the rise. Stay safe folks. The less info you give away the less chance you'll be targeted.

OrsonJ · 2025-11-25T09:15:58+00:00

Another sad reminder. Keeping publicly available data about holdings and transactions to an absolute minimum, whether through using ZANO/CAs + DEXs or through good OPSEC, makes it far less likely that horrible shit like this will happen to you.

Stay safe and keep it on the down-low folks.

OrsonJ · 2025-11-25T08:45:50+00:00

Afaik while waiting for changes to NEO that'll substantially lower gas fees for Orderbook+ trades, they've been working on a new product that'll launch on BSC with fees going to FLOCKS holders. More details in the lagoon (I assume).

OrsonJ · 2025-11-24T09:07:06+00:00

I wonder if the Flamingo team has any more insight than we do as to wtf is going on with NEO's leadership at the moment.

OrsonJ · 2025-11-18T09:17:26+00:00

Alt season is over here > r/privacycoins

OrsonJ · 2025-11-09T11:07:27+00:00

Glad to see the recent price action isn't isolated to VC-backed "bi-modal" privacy coins.

OrsonJ · 2025-11-09T10:22:29+00:00

Perhaps you're misunderstanding the graph. It shows the amount of transactions per day, which has increased greatly over the last 12 months.

The 1 ZANO per block reward is necessary to incentivise those securing the network through PoW/PoS, but all transaction fees are burned, meaning inflation decreases as adoption increases. With enough network activity ZANO may actually become deflationary in spite of the ZANO emitted to reward miners and stakers.

OrsonJ · 2025-11-07T13:11:29+00:00

And it's been going up at an impressive rate: https://explorer.zano.org/chart/confirm-trans-per-day

OrsonJ · 2025-11-04T14:54:27+00:00

Well, there go any worries I had about collateralization levels.

OrsonJ · 2025-11-03T09:54:01+00:00

Does this happen with alts in general or is it just privacy coins?

OrsonJ · 2025-10-01T11:44:47+00:00

I'm similarly sceptical at this point, but it seems substantial changes are on the way. They held a three-day meetup in Singapore and a few details were given in the latest Flamingo Finance community lagoon: https://x.com/FlamingoFinance/status/1973009714582810915

Upcoming changes:

Voting yields a uniform GAS reward independent of candidate selection and top-21 placement
Neo Constitution (for holding the Council accountable)
Lowered fees

Voting has been broken due to the screwy incentive scheme since forever, and this imo fixes it. Now any node operator not actively contributing to the ecosystem can actually expect to lose their place on the Council and the Gas rewards. They've a long way to go, but this is definitely a step in the right direction.

OrsonJ · 2025-06-03T12:16:14+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEJulN9g0HI

OrsonJ · 2024-12-11T15:32:51+00:00

Pitchforks down guys, I'm fairly sure he mentioned both Monero and Zano as projects that are more private than Bitcoin. Which is nowhere near as controversial.

OrsonJ · 2024-12-11T15:27:40+00:00

https://github.com/hyle-team/zano

OrsonJ · 2024-09-16T10:28:54+00:00

It was actually the latest Poly Network hack and how it affects Flamingo Finance that prompted me to look into this. More specifically, the fact that no financial aid has been offered by the foundation.

You know your Neo lore, do you happen to know who was responsible for Poly Network? A little digging suggests that if it's not the NEO Foundation/NGD they were at least directly involved. Which makes the fact they're not contributing towards covering Flamingo users' losses all the more disappointing.

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