Zano, fUSD, Confidential Assets on THORChain | Podcast #242

The discussion covers ZANO’s privacy-focused blockchain, the recent exploit, and Freedom Dollar (fUSD). The team also explores a potential THORChain integration, permissionless swaps, confidential assets, and ZANO’s upcoming developments.

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Introductions

00:02:00 Marketing Update

00:04:00 Introductions

00:05:00 What Is ZANO?

00:06:00 The Consensus Mechanism

00:09:00 Is ZANO a Fork?

00:11:00 What Happened With ZANO Recently?

00:15:00 ZANO's Positive Reaction to the Exploit

00:17:00 Everyone Will Be Made Whole

00:21:00 Frozen Pools on THORChain

00:22:00 Is ZANO Developing a Stablecoin?

00:24:00 How Does Freedom Dollar Maintain Its Peg?

00:26:00 Freedom Dollar Has No Blacklist Ability

00:27:00 Due to Privacy, There Is No Way to Have a Blacklist

00:29:00 Gateway Address Explanation

00:32:00 Does the Gateway Address Need More Tweaking Because THORChain Churns?

00:35:00 How THORChain Swaps Work: Everything Is Public

00:37:00 How Do We Foresee ZANO Flourishing and Its Use Cases?

00:40:00 Audience Question About Assets Backing Freedom Dollar

00:42:00 Is There a Backdoor in ZANO? (No, LOL)

00:45:00 Permissionlessness Is Essential

00:47:00 What's Coming Next for ZANO? What Makes You Excited?

00:49:00 Excited About Moving to Pure Proof of Stake

00:52:00 Block Time Chatter

00:54:00 What Is Zenith?

00:56:00 How Do People Hold ZANO?

00:57:00 Why ZANO Needs THORChain

00:58:00 ZANO Has Almost Lost Its Non-KYC Access

00:59:00 Can THORChain Become the Biggest Swap Protocol for ZANO?

01:04:00 Philosophical Talk About the Importance of Privacy

01:06:00 Do You Fear the Consequences of Providing Privacy?

01:10:00 Anything Else Before Wrapping Up?

01:12:00 When Are Gateway Address Improvements Coming?