Zano WalletReceiving without copy-paste errors
Give someone your alias instead of your address. They cannot fat-finger a name.
On-Chain Aliases — Send to a Name
Register @yourname on the Zano chain. No DNS, no third-party registry — the chain is the registry.
Crypto addresses are unreadable on purpose.
Cryptocurrency addresses are long, opaque strings of characters specifically because they are derived from cryptographic public keys. This is fine for software but terrible for humans. Pasting a 95-character Zano address into a chat to receive a payment, then waiting for the sender to verify they pasted it correctly, then watching them lose the funds because they fat-fingered one character — this is a UX failure every privacy-coin user has encountered.
How aliases work
Zano supports registering a name (your choice, subject to availability) directly on the chain, tied to a specific Zano address. Once registered, anyone can send to @yourname and the wallet resolves the alias to the underlying address automatically. The registration is a one-time on-chain transaction. There is no annual renewal, no third-party registrar, and no DNS dependency.
Aliases are not tied to identity. You can register @alice whether or not you are Alice. The alias-to-address mapping is publicly visible on-chain (this is necessary for resolution), so it is not a privacy feature in the receiver-side sense — anyone who knows your alias knows your address. The privacy guarantees of Zano (hidden amounts, ring signatures) apply to transactions involving the alias, but the alias itself is public.
Memorable account identity
"Pay me at @yourbusiness" is much easier than a 95-character address.
Persistent identity
You can update the address your alias resolves to without anyone needing to learn a new identifier.
What aliases are NOT
Not a privacy feature for receivers. The alias maps to a public address.
Not portable across chains. A Zano alias works on the Zano chain only.
Not a censorship escape. The alias system is on-chain, so it is subject to the same network-level surveillance any chain activity is.
What aliases are good for
- Receiving payments without copy-paste errors. Give someone your alias instead of your address. They cannot fat-finger a name.
- Memorable account identity. "Pay me at @yourbusiness" is much easier than a 95-character address.
- Persistent identity across address rotation. You can update the address your alias resolves to without anyone needing to learn a new identifier.
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