Read the latest article by Nano Foundation Director George Coxon on Ecohustler.

Flipsuite powers 2000+ Discord communities with on-chain tipping, gating, and rewards. 

Nano’s zero fees and instant transactions are a perfect fit for their services. 

Add Nano tipping to your server with their amazing bot!

With Nano as a headline supporter, the event showed that adoption isn’t just a theory - it’s happening in real communities and small businesses across Africa.

Read the full article for more.

Thank you Gate, the 10th largest exchange, for supporting Nano.

Check it out here: https://gate.com/trade/NANO_USDT

"A ... Nano transaction, on the other hand, uses less electricity than a Google search (estimates for a single Google search generally range from ~0.0003 to 0.0009 kWh)."

"Nano (XNO) is almost in a league of its own. Its block-lattice design means transactions confirm without heavy validation, clocking in at around 0.0001 kWh. This is less than the energy it takes to blink your router lights."

Book any of the 1M+ Hotels and 150 Airlines with your Nano (XNO)!

Travel, Pay, Discounts – All in One Place

View the release notes: https://docs.nano.org/releases/release-v28-0/

For more in-depth information you can read our recent blog article: https://nano.org/en/blog/v28-electrum-the-start-of-commercial-grade--1b8adb83

Through this partnership, users can send Nano (XNO) to friends and family who may use it for everyday payments, peer-to-peer transfers, micropayments, bill payments and remittances at zero cost and without delays.

Get started here https://www.bydfi.com/en-gb/spot/xno_usdt

Learn about:

• Bounded Block Backlog Implementation
• Traffic Shaping Implementation
• RocksDB Optimisations
• Vote Processing Enhancements
• Bootstrap and Database Optimisations

Learn how to accept Nano (XNO) payments today

Join Community Contributor Michael Johnson (MJ) as he takes an excellent deep dive on the subject.

This release marks a significant enhancement of the network's robustness, focusing on spam prevention, scalability, and improving the overall user experience.

What's in V27.1?

• Fair Queueing enhancements
• Election/block handling improvements
• Representative handling improvements
• Network handling rewrite
• Network Flow Control improvements
• Configurable Logging
• Voting Mechanism Reinvented: Up to 255 Votes Per Message
• Bounded Block Backlog Preparation

View the release notes: https://docs.nano.org/releases/release-v27-1/

For more in-depth information you can read our recent blog article: https://nano.org/en/blog/v27-denarius-preview--eb8bceac

Learn about:

• Fair Queueing enhancements
• Election/block handling improvements
• Network Flow Control Improvements

and much more.

"Beta testing for V27 continues. This addresses some issues identified in previous rounds mainly when using RocksDB backend. During this phase of testing, we continue to focus on confirmation times and overall system stability as we move closer to the Release Candidate (RC) phase."

So far, results have been positive, with improved performance for transaction confirmations and bootstrapping nodes even facing a high load of transactions, simulating "spam." The nano developer and beta tester gr0vity also reported some of these improvements on the same day.

"I did some testing on confirmation durations with 100 additional bootstrapping nodes.

You can see that the additional bootstrapping nodes have no negative impact on confirmation durations. This shows that we successfully met our target for V27, which aimed to ensure priority blocks confirm quickly even under spam conditions. In all tested situations, the median confirmation duration is around 1 second.

Previously, similar tests on V26 resulted in extended confirmation times for priority blocks, exceeding 15 seconds most of the time. However, there still is an impact on throughput with additional nodes, which drops from ~350cps to ~80cps. This will be addressed in an upcoming version via traffic shaping and a redesign of the network topology."

He also explained that these tests were using a single bucket of transactions.

The beta testing continues, and everyone is welcome to take part in the tests before the final release.

Get up to date with the latest XNO developments via YouTube here!

Nano has consistently demonstrated its value as a fast, secure, and eco-friendly digital currency. Crossing the 200 million block threshold is a testament to the network’s robust architecture and the community's active participation.

A big thank you to all the people that have not only helped to build such an efficient network, but also those that have used nano to send and receive money globally. As nano continues to evolve, the focus remains on enhancing user experience, expanding adoption, and exploring new use cases for fee-free, instant transactions.

The milestone of 200 million blocks is just the beginning. We're ready for the next 100 million blocks and beyond!

Community contributor Vini Barbosa addresses this topic in this article: "How to Accept Payments in Nano as a Business and Avoid Fiat Ramps."

I have been accepting payments in nano (ticker: XNO, symbol: Ӿ) since 2020, and while onboarding others to do the same, one of the most recurring concerns he identified is "How to properly off-ramp to fiat currencies to save, spend, or pay for business costs?" This is a fair concern, which I want to address in this article.

TL;DR: You won't need to off-ramp most of the time. Or, at least, that's the general idea: Avoiding on-ramps and off-ramps as much as possible.

Gustav ported the C++ nano-node and has streamed part of the process on his YouTube channel, with a special stream celebrating this announcement on May 28.

However, there is still more work to do before the node is officially launched for public testing. You can read more about the missing pieces and next steps in this blog post.

"So what’s next? Of course all of those missing features have to be implemented in Rust. Also the RsNano code repository is currently 200 commits behind the C++ repository. This will be the focus for the next weeks. Then, shortly after V27 is released, I’m going to release RsNano 1.0-alpha for public testing, which will be equivalent to V27." - Gustav Schauwecker

RsNano@GitHub: https://github.com/simpago/rsnano-node

NanoGPT is an AI pay-per-use service that allows users to access ChatGPT-4, Dall-E 3, Claude 3 Opus, and other premium subscription AIs with payments using nano (ticker: XNO, symbol Ӿ).

 “AI chatbots have become very popular and, in Cake Wallet, we believe cryptocurrencies like the ones supported by the app can be a great way to open up access for them [AI chatbots], more efficiently and privately  – as we are fully committed to these attributes as a company. Also,  nano is perfect for this micropayment use case due to having zero fees.”
- Vik Sharma, founder of Cake Wallet, for Finbold

Mira Hurley, founder of NanoGPT, was giving away some nano in a post on 𝕏 - for Cake Wallet users to try the app for free.

As reported in the announcement, this implementation allows nano users to access an exclusive gaming store and over 60,000 outlets.

This creates very interesting dynamics with an innovative game theory and decentralization incentives, which Vini Barbosa addresses in this article.

What's in V26?

• Vote Hinting Improvements
• Improved bootstrapping performance for some slower nodes
• Server-side support for up to 255 votes per message
• Server-side support for frontier scanning
• Miscellaneous cleanup items

Read more here:
https://nano.org/en/blog/v26-tremissis-is-live--cfe82d5d 

"If each of us stopped for a few minutes to reflect about our relationship with money in our daily lives, thinking of money itself as a means to cutting our cost of living would hardly cross anyone’s mind. Partly because we’ve been taught to think of shenanigans like inflation as pretty much a given, and partly because we live in a world riddled with rent-seeking middlemen whom, whenever there’s a payment to be made, will come out of the woodwork to try to get their cut.

But what if money could actually be engineered in such a way that it would cut our living costs by letting us bypass debasement, fees, and even borders? What if I told you this form of money already exists and has been in circulation for a few years?"

In this article, Senatus dives into how they leveraged Nano to make ChatGPT-4 accessible to a broader audience. Whether you're a tech enthusiast, an educator, or someone looking to stretch your dollar while making efficient use of AI and crypto, read on!

Building circular economies is one of our most important goals to foment real-world adoption of nano as a currency. A circular economy exists when entities can directly spend the coins they earned with another participant, and so on.

For that, I introduce you to the Nano Networking meet-up proposed structure. This should be a general guide for the first steps of organizing a local meet-up aiming to build circular economies worldwide.

By following this guide, all nano community members will be able to host their local nano networking meet-ups and become leaders (or ambassadors) locally.

In a gesture of gratitude and to boost network awareness one last time, a final giveaway is planned, with details to be announced. Nanocafe.cc, which has significantly contributed to the Nano network, reaching over 80,000 unique users and operating as a non-profit, will leave its domain and open-source materials on GitHub available for anyone interested in continuing the journey.

The creator, u/Saizo, expresses immense pride in the project's achievements and heartfelt appreciation for the relationships and learning experiences gained through this venture

On a trip to Curitiba (Paraná, Brazil), Vini has covered nearly 90% of his expenses with XNO. Moreover, he explained to the team that these units were previously earned in a job he does for Ririro.com — a children’s story website by Pim Coffeng.

“I was gifted the flying ticket for this 2-day trip but I could’ve purchased it with nano through Travala if I wanted to. The hotel was booked using Travala, and Uber through NanoBankBot (a Brazil-only service for gift cards and on/off-ramp, by Wenderson from the Brazilian community). However, the best part was directly spending nano at Corleone Craft Burger. From my self-custody wallet to Corleone owner's self-custody wallet, no intermediaries. The hamburger is delicious, by the way. The thing is, traveling with nano is possible using the right tools.”

Vini’s trip expenses:

Brazilian Real (BRL) - R$63.00 (10%)

• Airport Lunch 1: R$34.00
• Airport Lunch 2: R$28.00

Nano (XNO) - R$559.52 (90%)

• Hotel: Ӿ53.74 (R$295.57)
• 5 Uber trips: Ӿ35.04 (R$200.00)
• Corleone Craft Burger: Ӿ12.79 (R$63.95)

• • 2x Beer:  Ӿ4.8 (R$24.00)
  • 1x Hamburger: Ӿ5.99 (R$29.95)
  • 2x Water: Ӿ2.00 (R$10.00)

TOTAL: R$621.52

u/Corican wanted to address this problem, and created PRISM - a central hub for micro-tasks that benefit the nano ecosystem and community.

https://zealy.io/c/prismgroup/ 

PRISM operates on zealy.io, a website that lets organizers set tasks for community members and rewards them for completing them. For example: you could be asked to Like a specific Tweet and get a small XP boost or $XNO reward for doing so.

Read the full update to find out more.

Read the full update to find out more.

A custom bot monitors transactions, facilitating immediate fund distribution and handling of incorrect payment amounts, with notifications sent through WhatsApp. This initiative, currently in the experimental phase, has successfully enabled the practical use of Nano, with plans to adjust pricing and possibly integrate a Point of Sale system or WeNano Business.

Dimitrios will be diving into our weekly dev space, sharing progress reports and discussing all nano things. His main role will be to review pull requests from core and community developers, assure a high code quality and reduce the work in progress.

Payouts are happening weekly, in sync with the dev space, at a rate of ~750Ӿ per working day at the current rate. This means anyone can follow the progress and decide if the journey is worth their contribution.

Note: This is not funded or organised by the Nano Foundation.

Read the full update to find out more.

Despite being the 271st ranked cryptocurrency with a market capitalization of $160.88 million, Nano ($XNO) exhibited resilience and notable social media traction.

Read the full article of The Merkle to learn more.

A day to remind people of the importance of self-custody and that "not your keys, not your coins."

Every January 3, people are invited to withdraw their XNO from custodians to a self-custody wallet with the keys securely backed up by their owners. Who are also invited to delegate the corresponding voting weight to a Principal Representative of their choice.

Read 'How to take self custody of your nano' to learn more.

The simple action of withdrawing and taking custody of your #nano on this year's Proof of Keys Day has many benefits.

Here are 4 of them for you to feel encouraged to join us in 2024:

1. Achieving monetary sovereignty without relying on intermediaries;
2. Increasing personal security against attacks, hacks, outages, bankruptcies, rug pulls, etc;
3. Keeping custodians honest on their reserves;
4. Improving the network's decentralization with proper voting delegation.

Benefits can go even further than this small list.
Educating others on the importance of self-custody is fundamental.
Do your part and join us in celebrating Proof of Keys Day 2024!

Each owner of a Nyano Cat has a unique certificate of ownership signed and dated by Nanswap Art and by the creator's nano address.

Check out the full update on Reddit.

The cryptocurrency wallet used in this video is Cake Wallet - https://cakewallet.com/. More wallets are available with support to nano at: https://hub.nano.org/wallets.

Access the chatbot at: https://nano-gpt.com/

Original post: https://twitter.com/vinibarbosabr/status/1736728630858789122 

In this blog post, Community Lead Vini Barbosa, explains how the changes will affect our current contributors and everybody else who wants to join this action-guided endeavor, as well as why we feel they are needed.

Read our handy guide explaining one way you can do this today.

Getting the Ӿ symbol into images is one great way to increasing recognition of the Nano currency symbol.

"We are thrilled to announce a significant milestone — the integration of Nano into our platform, enabling users across diverse regions like India, Turkey, Vietnam, Mexico, UAE, Brazil, Kenya, Nigeria, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Europe, UK & Indonesia to seamlessly buy and sell $XNO using their local fiat currencies." — Onramp Money

Notably, users can now on/off-ramp XNO with:

INR (India), TRY (Turkey), VND (Vietnam), MXN (Mexico), AED (UAE), KES (Kenya), NGN (Nigeria), COP (Colombia), PEN (Peru), CLP (Chile) EUR (Europe), GBP (U.K.), IDR (India).