Current outcome
After the Gateway Address exploit allowed unauthorized ZANO and Freedom Dollar into circulation, Zano restarted its chain at block 3,833,000, rolling back about a month of transactions; the team has promised recovery funding through the developer fund, personal funds, and contributors, but the claims process and payment rules are not yet live.
Progress timeline
2 material updates- #01
Zano rolls blockchain back a month after Gateway Address exploit
Following a Gateway Address exploit that let unauthorized ZANO and Freedom Dollar enter circulation, Zano restarted its blockchain at block 3,833,000 — just before Hard Fork 6 — rolling back about a month of history and invalidating legitimate transactions from that period.
Source evidence: Cointelegraph
- #02
Zano rolls back a month of transactions as team plans to use personal funds for recovery
Zano's team announced it will draw on the developer fund, team members' personal funds, and committed contributors to finance recovery for users affected by the rollback, but eligibility rules, payment amounts, and a timetable are not yet published; it also said the network is stable, ZANO supply and emission remain unchanged, wallet spend keys and ordinary transaction privacy were not compromised, and a full post-mortem is pending.
State after update: After the Gateway Address exploit allowed unauthorized ZANO and Freedom Dollar into circulation, Zano restarted its chain at block 3,833,000, rolling back about a month of transactions; the team has promised recovery funding through the developer fund, personal funds, and contributors, but the claims process and payment rules are not yet live.
Source evidence: CryptoSlate