# Zano > Blockchain privacy for mass adoption Zano provides enterprise-grade privacy for cryptocurrency transactions through advanced cryptographic techniques, enabling confidential assets and decentralized applications. Zano is an open-source layer-1 cryptocurrency ecosystem with enterprise-grade privacy, security, and scalability that functions as a foundation for confidential assets and decentralized applications. It uses a hybrid PoW/PoS consensus mechanism and advanced cryptographic techniques to ensure transaction privacy, including hidden sender addresses, receiver addresses, and transaction amounts. - Type: Company - Sector: Infrastructure - Status: Active - Founded: 2019-07-05 - Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/zano_org ## Products - [Zano Wallet](https://thegrid.id/profiles/zano_org): Zano Wallet enables secure storage, management, and transaction of Zano coins with complete privacy, featuring stealth addresses, hidden amounts, and ring signatures for transaction obfuscation. (Wallet, Live) - [Zano Trade](https://thegrid.id/profiles/zano_org): A decentralized exchange platform built directly on the Zano protocol utilizing Ionic Swaps technology. Zano Trade enables peer-to-peer cryptocurrency trading with complete privacy protection, allowing users to swap between Zano and various confidential assets without revealing transaction details. The platform operates without custodial requirements, keeping users in control of their funds throughout the trading process. (Decentralised Exchange, Live) - [Zano Layer 1 Blockchain](https://thegrid.id/profiles/zano_org): A privacy-focused cryptocurrency platform implementing hybrid PoW/PoS consensus for enhanced security. The blockchain provides built-in privacy through ring signatures, stealth addresses, and hidden amounts, enabling completely confidential transactions where sender, receiver, amount, and asset type are all concealed. Its modular architecture supports confidential assets creation, private staking through Zarcanum technology, and trustless P2P agreements through escrow contracts. (L1, Live, Main Product) - [Zano Messenger](https://thegrid.id/profiles/zano_org): An integrated messaging platform utilizing the Matrix protocol to provide secure, decentralized communications within the Zano ecosystem. The messenger leverages Zano's privacy technologies and alias system to facilitate confidential communications between users, complementing the blockchain's financial privacy with communications privacy. (Messaging Protocol, Live) ## Assets - [Zano (ZANO)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/zano_org): ZANO is the native token of the Zano blockchain, a privacy-focused layer-1 network. It is used to pay transaction fees, earn staking rewards, and create confidential assets on the platform. The network combines Proof-of-Work and Proof-of-Stake consensus to secure transactions while using cryptographic techniques that hide sender and receiver addresses along with transaction amounts, allowing ZANO holders to transact with full privacy. 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