Zano: Emergency chain restart erases one month of history before Hard Fork 6 - 27 Sep 2026

Zano is restarting its blockchain from block height 3,833,000, just before Hard Fork 6, erasing roughly one month of history. The emergency chain restart removes unauthorized ZANO and fUSD that entered circulation through a Gateway Address vulnerability. Nodes, miners, stakers, and services must adopt the emergency release to follow the recovered chain.Holders face forced repositioning as exchanges and services migrate to the recovered chain, since balances created in the erased month no longer exist on it. A reimbursement process for affected users and a technical postmortem on the Gateway Address vulnerability are still pending, so details on compensation and the root cause remain open. Services should pause deposits until they confirm the new chain.Zano network update: Recovery solution for Gateway Address vulnerabilityThe core team has identified a serious issue involving Gateway Addresses, which enabled unauthorized ZANO and fUSD to enter circulation.Our investigation has found no compromise of wallet spend keys or…