The Zano team announced on Tuesday that a hot fix has been applied and the “network is stable on the updated chain” following the inflation bug that occurred last Friday. The latest update explains that third-party providers need to update their nodes to the updated chain before processing ZANO and Zano-issued asset transfers.
Zano Network Stabilizes After 30-Day Blockchain Rewind
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Key Takeaways
- The Zano development team deployed a hot fix after rolling back 30 days of blockchain history to block 3,833,000.
- ZANO’s price has taken a beating, shedding 32% this week and 40.6% since the start of 2026.
- The official Zano X account said exchanges must update their nodes before resuming transfers, with user recovery plans to be published soon.
Zano Team Provides an Update Following Inflation Bug
On Friday, Bitcoin.com News reported that the Zano blockchain had an inflation bug tied to Gateway Addresses, and at that time, the development team said that a one-day rollback of the blockchain was necessary.
By the following day, however, those plans had taken a considerably more drastic turn, with Zano confirming that its ledger had been rolled back to block height 3,833,000, effectively erasing 30 days of previously confirmed transactions.
On Tuesday, Zano’s official X account provided additional details surrounding the incident. “The hotfix has been pushed and the network is stable on the updated chain,” the X post stated. It further explained how users can update their iOS, Android, and desktop wallets as well.
“Third-party wallets, exchanges and payment services all need to update their own nodes to the updated chain before they can safely process transactions again,” the team insisted. Zano is not the first chain to roll back transactions as several blockchains have done so in the past, including Bitcoin.
However, several of these blockchain rollbacks were certainly not as large. For instance, during the 2010 inflation bug (known as the Value Overflow Incident), 53 Bitcoin network blocks were rolled back. Other chains, such as Bitcoin Gold, Bitcoin SV, Verge, Monero, and Horizen, have logged rollbacks. Ethereum Classic suffered a rollback of over 7,000 blocks back in 2020.
Exchanges Await Node Updates as Zano Prepares User Recovery
The Zano team said it is in contact with third-party infrastructure providers and exchanges, and noted that each business would provide announcements via their official channels. “Please wait for each service to confirm through its official channels that it has resumed operations before sending funds,” Zano said on Tuesday. The team further added that more details on the recovery process will be delivered soon. “For anyone who was affected, the recovery process is being prepared,” the team added.
The blockchain’s native crypto asset ZANO has had a rough week, and at press time on Tuesday, it is down 4% against the U.S. dollar over the last day. This past week, 32% has been shaved off ZANO’s price, and year-to-date, the privacy coin is down 40.6%. The recovery process for affected users and partners will show whether the communication translates into fair outcomes, and that will likely shape how the market remembers this episode.
