This meeting included core team members and community leaders, with notable attendees Val and Aron. Pavl was absent. The session covered monthly updates, community growth, technical developments (wallet improvements, spy node mitigation), bridge and confidential layer progress, community activations, and open Q&A.
Key topics included mobile wallet enhancements, the onboarding of new developers, addressing network privacy and spy node concerns, open-sourcing of Zano Trade, and the launch and future plans for Confidential Layer. Initiative updates, future plans, and technical roadblocks (e.g., hardware wallet integration, quantum resistance) were discussed.
Community engagement remains strong, with multiple meetups and workshops planned, and a New York City meetup scheduled for August 12th.
Several decisions and follow-ups were documented, including prioritizing network privacy improvements, continued development resource onboarding, and a focus on future integrations (such as crypto payment cards).
Action Items
August 12 – Zano Meetup Group: Host New York City Zano meetup at Pub Key, West Village.
TBD – Zano Team: Continue development on long-term spy node/network privacy solution, report progress in future meeting.
TBD – Anton: Continue leading mobile wallet development and propose further UI/UX improvements.
TBD – German: Complete research project and prepare findings for publication in coming months.
TBD – Aron: Update WooCommerce Zano plugin to accept Freedom Dollar and bridged assets; demo in upcoming workshops.
TBD – Zano Team: Prepare explainer video for Confidential Layer bridging process.
TBD – Zano Team: Pursue integration with crypto payment card provider and share updates when official.
TBD – Zano Team/Developers: Assess requirements and timelines for hardware wallet support post–full chain membership proof implementation.
TBD – Val and team: Monitor and update blacklist/configs for spy node mitigation as needed.
Community Updates & Growth
Zano Meetup Group named community member of the month for organizing meetups in the US.
Recent Zano Africa meetup in Lokoja had 209 attendees, 250 registered, several merchants onboarded, and numerous alias registrations. Lil King and Antics recognized for organizing efforts.
New exchange listing: btse.com and swap platform Coinos Swap added.
Wallet & Development Updates
Mobile wallet now supports multiple aliases, private NFTs, and multi-destination transactions (on both mobile and desktop).
Anton is the dedicated mobile wallet developer, delivering notable improvements; two additional developers, Dimma (C++/cryptonote experience) and German (research-focused), have joined recently.
Desktop wallet received upgrades for spy node mitigation with a blacklist/config approach and enhanced manual P2P settings.
Team size and capabilities have expanded, allowing core developers to focus more on research and architectural advances.
Spy Node Issue & Network Privacy
Approximately 24 spy nodes identified and blacklisted via a community-released config file—current solution is temporary.
Long-term network privacy improvements are planned, with ongoing internal research and anticipated future releases.
Users advised to use Zano backbone node–restricted configs for improved privacy, especially when staking.
Use of VPNs discussed: helpful for privacy but less optimal than the provided config-based solution.
Confidential Layer & Bridge Updates
Confidential Layer bridge live, enabling users to bring BTC/ETH/BNB/DAI to the Zano blockchain; TVL and adoption can be tracked at zanostats.com/tvl.
Early usage is cautious; marketing and new asset support (e.g., Solana, AVAX, BCH, EVM tokens) expected to boost adoption.
Explainer video for bridge usage in development; workshops and promoter involvement ongoing.
Future partnerships discussed to bring private stablecoin (Freedom Dollar) and Zano to crypto payment cards with Mastercard support.
Community and merchant integrations underway; WooCommerce plugin updates planned to accommodate new assets.
Zano Trade & Ecosystem Progress
Zano Trade decentralized exchange now open source following a completed audit and bug fixes; new UI update coming soon to improve usability.
Internal project payments are transitioning to Freedom Dollar for privacy and utility.
Ecosystem development accelerating, with regular workshops, wallet integrations, and new use cases being demoed in the community.
Roadmap Discussion & Future Technical Direction
Full chain membership proof research ongoing; anticipated to impact hardware wallet integration timelines.
Hardware wallet support considered a high priority post–membership proof work; integration may require additional expertise and resources.
Quantum resistance raised as a long-term concern; team monitoring cryptography research and industry approaches, especially for future migration.
Decisions
Temporary spy node blacklist/config adopted — Immediate action taken to mitigate privacy risks; team pursuing longer-term protocol enhancements.
Zano Trade open sourced post-audit — Addressed community concerns and improved transparency.
Mobile wallet development resourced with dedicated staff — Accelerates delivery and quality of updates.
Open Questions / Follow-Ups
Timeline and technical approach for full chain membership proof and its impact on hardware wallet support.
Integration fee and technical requirements for major hardware wallets.
Further steps and partnerships for expanding Confidential Layer support to more blockchain assets and wallet providers.
Ongoing monitoring and agile response to potential future spy node attacks.
Coordination and timeline for the crypto payment card integration and expansion to other Zano ecosystem tokens.