Zano Activates Sixth Hard Fork, Adds Gateway Addresses and Native Cross-Chain Transfers

Privacy-focused blockchain Zano activated its sixth hard fork, HF6, on August 31 at block height 3,833,000. According to Odaily, the upgrade is now live on mainnet and is described as the network’s largest upgrade in its seven-year history. HF6 introduces Gateway Addresses for centralized exchanges, DEXs, and cross-chain bridges, providing a directly traceable single balance and instant synchronization while preserving existing addresses and their privacy model. Native ZANO can now move non-custodially to Ethereum, Solana, and TON, where it is public on external networks before regaining privacy protection when bridged back to Zano. The upgrade also tightens consensus validation rules and strengthens wallet encryption, mining pool fault tolerance, payment IDs, anti-DoS limits, SOCKS5 proxy support, and RPC interfaces. HF6 is a prerequisite for Zano Execution Layer, an EVM-compatible chain still without a fixed launch date, while the next-generation consensus protocol Zenith is on the 2027 roadmap.