Pavel Nikienkov is a co-founder and key figure behind Zano, a privacy-focused blockchain project launched in 2019. With over five years of experience in blockchain privacy, Pavel has played a crucial role in evolving Zano from a privacy coin into a full-fledged platform for building privacy-preserving tokens. In this interview, Bitcoin.com News dives into Zano’s hybrid proof-of-work and proof-of-stake consensus, its confidential asset features, and its mission to simplify privacy tokenization. Pavel also shares insights on Zano’s roadmap, including smart contract functionality and updates to the hybrid consensus.