Privacy has always been one of crypto’s core promises — but in practice, most blockchains don’t deliver it. Networks like Bitcoin and Ethereum are transparent by design. Anyone can trace your transactions, link your wallets, and monitor your balances with just a few clicks. That’s where Zano comes in. As a privacy-first blockchain, Zano is designed to keep your financial activity fully confidential. And with the introduction of Confidential Assets — now supported in the Bitcoin.com Wallet app — it’s taking that vision to the next level.
Use the multichain Bitcoin.com Wallet app, trusted by millions to safely and easily buy, sell, trade, and manage bitcoin and the most popular cryptocurrencies, including ZANO and confidential assets on the Zano blockchain like Freedom Dollar ($fUSD).
What Are Confidential Assets (CAs)?
Confidential Assets are tokens built on the Zano blockchain that automatically inherit Zano’s industry-leading privacy guarantees. That means every Confidential Asset transaction is fully shielded — no token type, no amount, and no participant info is exposed. As an observer, all you can see is that a transaction happened.
Each Confidential Asset is:
- Anonymous: Sender and recipient identities are hidden
- Obscured: The type of token being transacted is not visible
- Private: The amount transferred is fully concealed
Live example: The first Confidential Asset deployed on Zano is $fUSD, a fully private USD-pegged stablecoin. Learn more at Freedomdollar.com.
How Do Zano’s Confidential Assets Work?
Zano’s confidential assets introduce a powerful new way to preserve privacy in cryptocurrency transactions — without sacrificing auditability. Built as an extension of the Ring Confidential Transactions (RingCT) scheme, Zano enhances privacy by supporting unlimited decoy mixing and fully hidden amounts across multiple asset types within a single transaction.
Here’s how it works: each asset in the Zano ecosystem has a unique generator that binds to its value. Rather than revealing which asset is being transacted, Zano uses a blinded asset tag — a cryptographic commitment that conceals the asset type from outside observers. This ensures that both the amount and the type of each output remain private, even in complex multi-asset transactions.
Despite this deep level of privacy, Zano doesn’t compromise on trust. Every confidential transaction includes strong cryptographic proofs — balance proofs, range proofs, and an asset tag surjection proof — to guarantee that no assets are created or destroyed. In short, transactions remain verifiable by the network without revealing sensitive information.
This combination of privacy, flexibility, and transparency makes Zano’s confidential assets a major leap forward for secure and private digital finance.
What Can You Do with Confidential Assets?
Zano’s Confidential Layer opens up powerful use cases for individuals, developers, and organizations:
- Hold, send, and receive shielded assets. The first shielded asset supported in the Bitcoin.com Wallet app is Freedom Dollar ($fUSD), which you can now swap in the app.
- Build your own Confidential Assets, including stablecoins, loyalty points, or utility tokens
- Develop enterprise-grade private tokens for internal operations or sensitive payments
- Future potential: Shielded versions of major public assets like BTC (currently under exploration)
Note: Shielded Bitcoin wrappers are not yet live, but the foundation for them is in place.
Why Are Confidential Assets Important?
As governments, analytics firms, and third parties ramp up blockchain surveillance, the need for privacy is growing. Confidential Assets help protect your financial sovereignty in several ways:
- Prevent surveillance and financial tracking
- Protect freedom of association and commerce
- Restore fungibility — no more “tainted coins” or blacklisted addresses
- Enable new private use cases like confidential remittances, private DeFi, and business operations
In short: they let you use crypto without broadcasting your every move.
How Can You Use Confidential Assets with Bitcoin.com Wallet?
The Bitcoin.com Wallet now offers native support for Zano Confidential Assets — including $fUSD.
What you can do today:
- Receive any Confidential Asset directly into your Wallet
- Send and store them privately, just like your other crypto
- Trade between $fUSD and the most popular cryptocurrencies
What’s coming soon:
- More assets built on the Confidential Layer, accessible inside the Wallet
Final Thoughts
Confidential Assets are a leap forward for digital privacy — bringing advanced, default-on privacy to everyday crypto use. And with support now live in the Bitcoin.com Wallet, accessing these tools is easier than ever.
Whether you’re sending private stablecoins, experimenting with shielded assets, or just exploring what a confidential blockchain can do, you can now do it all in one trusted, self-custodial app. Learn more about Zano here.
