Zano Research Papers

Zano Whitepaper (2019)
Original Zano whitepaper, describes general concepts used in project.
https://github.com/hyle-team/docs/blob/master/zano/Zano_WP_1.1.pdf

PoS Analysis and improvements proposal (2019)
With help of Maxwell Sanches we come up with more effective PoS model and upgraded the network, this document hold details of this research and improvement.
https://github.com/hyle-team/docs/blob/master/zano/PoS_Analysis_and_improvements_proposal.pdf

Auditable wallets in CryptoNote (2020)
This article explores several possible implementations of extending CryptoNote 2.0 with full-scale wallets auditing
https://github.com/hyle-team/docs/blob/master/zano/Auditing%20wallets%20in%20CryptoNote.pdf

Zarcanum: A Proof-of-Stake Scheme for Confidential Transactions with Hidden Amounts (2021)
Presenting a Proof-of-Stake mining scheme that does not reveal amounts and is compatible with ring confidential transactions. Paper also introduces an extension to the Bulletproofs+ protocol that allows range proofs on double-blinded commitments, with corresponding security statements.
https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/1478

Zano: confidential assets scheme (2022 - DRAFT)
Paper describes a practical way of implementing confidential assets (a.k.a. tokens) in Zano with unlimited decoy mixing capability and hidden amounts as an extension to the Ring Confidential Transactions scheme
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hyle-team/docs/master/zano/tokens_maths_paper/Zano__confidential_assets_with_hidden_amounts_DRAFT.pdf

Zano Tokenization Platform (2022)
Introducing a solution that allows users to issue tokens that work inside Zano
blockchain, which have the same properties as transactions with a native token—namely hidden amounts and hidden addresses, as well as auditable wallets
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hyle-team/docs/master/zano/Zano_tokenization_platform.pdf

Additional research papers
The following papers represent research toward a novel logarithmic-sized linkable ring signature scheme.

• Lin2-Xor Lemma and Log-size Linkable Ring Signature (2020)
  In this paper we introduce a novel method for constructing an efficient linkable ring signature without a trusted setup which is logarithmic in the size of the signer anonymity set, its verification complexity is linear in the anonymity set size
  https://github.com/hyle-team/docs/blob/master/zano/Lin2-Xor_Lemma_and-Log-size_Linkable_Ring_Signature.pdf
• Hidden amounts scheme on the base of a ring signature for independent generators (2021)
  Draft of a hidden amounts scheme based on Lin2-Xor Linkable Ring Signature
  https://github.com/hyle-team/docs/blob/master/zano/Hidden%20amounts%20scheme%20v6.pdf
• Log-size Linkable Ring Signature and Hidden Amounts integrated listing (2021)
  Unified pseudo-code listing for the Lin2-Xor Signature and Hidden Amounts schemes
  https://github.com/hyle-team/docs/blob/master/zano/Log-size%20Linkable%20Ring%20Signature%20and%20Hid-den%20Amounts%20integrated%20listing%20v3.pdf