Unlock Schedule
Zano (ZANO) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule
As of November 10, 2026, 15.49 million ZANO have been released. The schedule is ongoing, with no final release date. Over the next 12 months it releases 505,795 ZANO (all estimated) from Proof-of-Work Block Rewards and Proof-of-Stake Block Rewards, worth about $1.89 million at today's price (3.26% of the market cap). Today's release is an estimated 1,421 ZANO from Proof-of-Stake Block Rewards and Proof-of-Work Block Rewards.
The chart shows gross modeled releases of every allocation: vesting unlocks, new issuance and reserve distributions, each allocation counted once. These have different meanings; a scheduled release is not evidence that tokens entered circulation or were sold. Review the coverage, sources and assumptions below.
Each color segment in the chart corresponds to a specific allocation group described in the Allocations section below. Underlying assumptions and data models used to reconstruct this schedule are explained in detail under Assumptions, while broader utility insights and token use cases are covered in Tokenomics & Utility.
Tokenomics & Utility
Supply, rewards, and fees
ZANO is the coin used for Zano’s block rewards and network fees. The protocol specifies a reward of one ZANO per block and has no fixed maximum supply. Since blocks are produced by both miners and stakers, new coins reward both forms of participation. Transaction fees are burned, removing those coins from circulation. Future supply therefore reflects both newly issued block rewards and fees paid to use the chain. (docs.zano.org)
Zano began with an initial supply of 17,517,203 ZANO. That figure included a premine of 3.69 million ZANO set aside for development costs, marketing, partnerships, and repayment of a loan used for early development. The premine is an important part of the project’s distribution history: some coins were allocated for project funding at launch, while later block rewards go to the miners and stakers producing blocks. (docs.zano.org)
The native coin has several roles. It can be sent as a private payment, used in staking, earned through mining, and exchanged for Confidential Assets. This gives ZANO a function within the network beyond simply representing ownership of a token. (docs.zano.org)
Upcoming ZANO Releases
| Period | Allocation | Type | Amount | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10 – 30, 2026 | Proof-of-Work Block Rewards | Issuance, estimated | 14.9K | $55.9K |
| Proof-of-Stake Block Rewards | Issuance, estimated | 14.9K | $55.9K | |
| Dec 2026 | Proof-of-Work Block Rewards | Issuance, estimated | 22K | $82.5K |
| Proof-of-Stake Block Rewards | Issuance, estimated | 22K | $82.5K | |
| Jan 2027 | Proof-of-Work Block Rewards | Issuance, estimated | 22K | $82.5K |
| Proof-of-Stake Block Rewards | Issuance, estimated | 22K | $82.5K | |
| Total, next 12 months | 505.8K | $1.9M | ||
Values at $3.74 per ZANO (November 10, 2026), today's price, not a forecast. Releases continue after October 2027. Estimated amounts are modeled from the schedule's rules rather than dated by a source; see the Assumptions below. Releases without dates are listed under Allocations.
Assumptions
Zano minted 17,517,203 coins at launch for a Boolberry coinswap reserve and a development premine, and it continues to create coins through mining and staking rewards. The premine has three published spending budgets, but their payment dates are not established; coinswap deliveries are quantified but not plotted as dated individual payments. The chart can show the genesis mint and estimated mining and staking reward curves, while keeping later transfers separate from new issuance. Its gross releases will not equal net supply because coins have been burned, and a proposed move to pure staking has no finalized activation or reward schedule.
- Boolberry Coinswap Deliveries: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- Foundation Fund: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
- Founders, Team Members and Contributors: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- Development Loan Repayment: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- 1. https://docs.zano.org/docs/learn/emission/
- 2. https://docs.zano.org/docs/learn/coinswap-transactions/
- 3. https://blog.zano.org/zano-development-fund-breakdown/
- 4. https://blog.zano.org/coinswap-launch/
- 5. https://blog.zano.org/the-coinswap-has-concluded/
- 6. https://blog.zano.org/coinswap-announcement/
- 7. https://explorer.zano.org/block/901214ab938219f5b33b547008607aee14d29950a34834a2e9973b96269bd0b0
- 8. https://explorer.zano.org/
- 9. https://github.com/hyle-team/zano/blob/master/src/currency_core/currency_config.h
- 10. https://blog.zano.org/zenith-zanos-move-to-pure-proof-of-stake/
- 11. https://forum.zano.org/user/kwibs/posts?sort=views
Tokenomics Overview
Market Data
Tile coloring: Green indicates positive changes, red indicates negative changes, and neutral indicates no significant trend or unavailable data.
 MEXC (CEX) | 699K | 2.7K/2.8K |
Allocations
Not yet scheduled: 5,919,592.96 tokens of its parts have no release date yet. The chart shows them as TBD from today, not as unlocked.
Open-ended per-block emission without a sourced end; dates past the last dated anchor are projected, and there is no finite total
Dates past the last dated anchor are projected at 60.81 seconds per block, the observed mean between the last two dated anchors, instead of the 60-second target block interval
Open-ended per-block emission without a sourced end; dates past the last dated anchor are projected, and there is no finite total
Dates past the last dated anchor are projected at 60.81 seconds per block, the observed mean between the last two dated anchors, instead of the 60-second target block interval
Description
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Zano is a privacy-focused cryptocurrency using ring signatures for untraceable transactions. It combines Proof-of-Work and Proof-of-Stake for security. Zano supports confidential assets and aims to provide a platform for private decentralized applications and transactions.
| Sector: | Layer 1 |
| Blockchain: | Other L1 |
Tokenomics Overview
Market Data
Tile coloring: Green indicates positive changes, red indicates negative changes, and neutral indicates no significant trend or unavailable data.
MEXC (CEX) | 699K | 2.7K/2.8K |