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Nano · XNO · the plain-English manual

Nano (XNO): a digital currency with no network fee

Nano sends money with no network fee, and a payment confirms in seconds.

Our view: the network is the easy part to explain. The part that costs people money is the recovery phrase. So these pages go in that order, how it works first, then how to hold keys safely, then how to send, and every figure links to where it came from.

Start here: what is Nano?
Three account chains linked by send and receive blocksEach account has its own row of blocks. A send block on one account is matched by a receive block on another account.account Aaccount Baccount Copensendrecvrecvopenrecvsendrecvopensendrecv
How it works in one picture: each account keeps its own chain, and a transfer is a send block on one chain matched by a receive block on another.

Pick your goal

  1. I just heard of NanoWhat it is, then how one payment moves. Twenty minutes, and the rest of the site makes sense.
  2. I am about to set up a walletRead seed vs private key before you install anything. It is the one mistake you cannot undo.
  3. I want to send or receiveThe steps are short. The page also covers what to do when a transfer does not show up.
  4. I run a node or build on itStart with the RPC page, keep the port private, and always send with an id.

All five sections

  1. 01 How Nano worksThe ideas behind Nano (XNO): one chain per account, open representative voting, why transfers carry no fee, and how units like raw relate to one Nano. (3 pages)
  2. 02 Wallets and keysHow a Nano seed becomes private keys and addresses, how the address format protects against typos, which wallets exist, and how to back one up. (3 pages)
  3. 03 Sending and receivingWhat happens when you send or receive Nano: send and receive blocks, receivable funds, zero fees, the small proof of work, and why a transfer can look stuck. (1 page)
  4. 04 Running a nodeHow to run your own Nano node: requirements, Docker setup, configuration, voting weight and principal representatives, ledger size and pruning, and monitoring. (1 page)
  5. 05 For developersDeveloper notes for Nano: the node RPC protocol, WebSocket notifications, work generation, state blocks, key derivation, address validation and integration basics. (1 page)

Every figure here links to the protocol documentation or node code it came from, and each page shows the day it was checked. No prices, no forecasts, no advice to buy. How pages are checked.