Two days left to pick a winner folks. If you haven't voted already, please do.
https://99designs.co.uk/contests/poll/14f9683298

Please everyone take a second to vote one last time for a winner in the logo design contest:
https://99designs.co.uk/contests/poll/14f9683298

This is a final poll with some entries added/removed based on community feedback. Votes don't carry over so please vote again if you voted the last time around.

@tbearhere I can't request any alterations to the designs at this stage I'm afraid, but if one of that designer's logos win then I can probably request some alterations before they submit the final brand guide.

Please everyone take a moment to help pick a winner in the logo design contest:
https://99designs.co.uk/contests/poll/02764bede7

Polls are limited to 8 designs, but you can see all the finalists' entries here:
https://99designs.co.uk/logo-brand-guide/contests/bold-professional-logo-brand-guide-next-generation-digital-1072867/entries?groupby=designer

If your favorite didn't make the poll, please let me know.
Disclaimer: the design with the most votes won't necessarily be chosen as the winner.

Down to the six finalists for the logo design contest, I think we've got some really cool options:
https://99designs.co.uk/logo-brand-guide/contests/bold-professional-logo-brand-guide-next-generation-digital-1072867/entries?groupby=designer

Here's a taster:



For the next 3 days or so I can request revisions so if there's any variations on those designs you'd like to see, just let me know here and I'll pass it along.

https://twitter.com/_cryptozoidberg/status/1374504755775426567

 

In other news, STEX just added a ZANO/USDC pair: https://app.stex.com/en/basic-trade/pair/USDC/ZANO/240

The contest owner can give each design a rating. After the qualifying phase there's the option to open a public poll for 8 designs.

First we need to choose 8 designs from the 200+ entries. 

No voting at this stage but feel free to drop a screenshot with your favorites and any feedback. 55 entries already!

I've put up a competition on 99designs for potential new logo designs for Zano (I'm not a big fan of the current branding).
http://twitter.com/Cryptoschild/status/1372176159304212481



Check it out! https://99d.me/e/mztv

The qualifying round lasts for 4 days, feel free to drop your feedback on the entries as they start to come in.
And please spread the word if you have any designer friends who might be interested.

I found this issue on github from searching the error message it gave you: https://github.com/ethereum-mining/ethminer/issues/2001

Might be worth trying the fix from jgonzis's comment.

Andrey was recently interviewed by Doug Tuman on the Monero Talk podcast. They discuss his journey into the cryptocurrency space, his role in working with Nicolas van Saberhagen on the first implementation of crypto note in the form of Bytecoin, and his relationship with the Monero project.
There's even a couple of brief mentions of Zano!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TdRor-xFp0
Monero Talk (audio): https://www.monerotalk.live/the-dev-on-the-cryptonote-team-that-worked-w-nicolasvansaberhagen
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/andrey-sabelnikv-aka-cryptozoidberg-dev-on-cryptonote/id1445930212?i=1000511656874
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3GFITbZHJAgCiReezaaiKB
Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/monero-talk/episode/andrey-sabelnikv-aka-cryptozoidberg-the-dev-on-the-cryptonote-team-that-worked-with-nicolas-van-saberhagen-82117896

Help spread the word! https://twitter.com/zano_project/status/1367394466290667520

Zano "Serious Series" Discussion #2 is now open on Discord! The topic: DeFi



Some of the questions up for discussion:

- Is having a centralized custodian ok?
- How is that wallet audited? Should it be staking?
- How can we make sure that privacy is retained or at least maximized in the wrap/unwrap process?
- Should we also look into other wrapped options such as Polkadot or others?
- Should we also do a LP token? How can we give incentives for people to bring liquidity?
- Who are we targeting with that DeFi adoption?

The discussion will be open for the next 2 weeks or so to give everyone a chance to participate.

Have your say: http://chat.zano.org

There's no option to send with payment ID in the GUI wallet, it supports Integrated addresses which are an amalgamation of address and payment ID and are a bit more user friendly. Are you sending to an exchange?

https://twitter.com/zano_project/status/1363180216936456195

Can't tell you how excited I am for this, AtomicDex are just about to drop their beta too. The future will not be centralized!

Check out the latest Zano News publication summarizing our Discord Serious Series discussion:
https://link.medium.com/VjtFvuvzJdb

We were lucky enough to have two exchange owners in the chat to give their perspectives - really interesting stuff.

The next discussion will take place soon. Will drop the subject, time and date here when confirmed.

Thank you for updating the thread! A lot of people have made a lot of money over the last few months and will be looking for ways to spend it. Marketplace v3 is coming at just the right time.

For anyone who hasn't been paying attention to the github commits, it looks like the next big feature being worked on is...

Atomic Swaps


[graphic borrowed and doctored from coinscapture.com]


It's perfect timing with so many of the centralized exchanges playing it safe and delisting privacy-preserving currencies.

This will allow for Zano to be integrated into AtomicDEX for one. Anyone know of any other DEX that's powered by atomic swaps?

The riddle from the last update has been solved and the Zano claimed. Congratulations to whoever figured it out! For anyone wondering, the answer was "anti-vodka".

@mreichardt This is awesome, it seems to be coming together fast! Looking forward to the next update and to trying it out.

Happy new year all! I think 2021's going to be an important one for Zano.

#TODO 2021 

I can sort out a Spanish translation for us.

Can I ask, are there translations of the opening post in the other language sections? Russian even?