Pavel Nikienkov, Co-Founder of Zano | Enabling Truly Private Digital Cash With Hybrid Consensus & Confidential Assets | Bitcoin.com News Podcast

Pavel Nikienkov, Co-Founder of Zano, joins the Bitcoin.com News Podcast to explore how Zano is pioneering truly private digital cash — combining privacy-preserving blockchain technology, hybrid consensus mechanisms, and confidential asset support to redefine what digital financial freedom means in the age of surveillance and data exposure.

Launched in 2019, Zano has evolved from a privacy coin into a full-fledged privacy platform for building and transacting with confidential tokens. Pavel shares how Zano’s hybrid Proof-of-Work (PoW) and Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus ensures both decentralization and scalability, while its confidential transactions and tokenization features empower users and developers to maintain full financial privacy and fungibility.

He also reveals Zano’s upcoming roadmap — including smart contract functionality, hybrid consensus updates, and how the project is creating the foundation for next-generation private DeFi applications on the blockchain.

💡 In this episode:
• How Zano enables privacy-preserving digital cash and tokenization
• The benefits of hybrid Proof-of-Work and Proof-of-Stake consensus
• Confidential transactions and asset issuance on a privacy blockchain
• Zano’s roadmap for smart contracts and enhanced privacy layers
• Why privacy remains a cornerstone of digital sovereignty in crypto

🎧 A fascinating discussion on how Zano is leading the charge in privacy-first blockchain innovation, making truly private digital cash a practical reality for the Bitcoin and crypto economy.

🎙️ Host: Dustin Plantholt – Bitcoin.com News Podcast
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💼 Featured Guest: Pavel Nikienkov – Zano – Blockchain privacy expert and co-founder, advancing confidential assets, hybrid consensus, and privacy tokenization in the digital economy.