The ZAO

The daily newsletter of The ZAO. Build in public, every day.

• Year of the ZABAL - Day 313

  Nov 9, 2026 - Fractal 123 did not run tonight: 1 showed and 4 are needed. Session 2 is Tuesday at noon Eastern. Dr. Bruce Banner took last night's battle.

• Year of the ZABAL - Day 312

  Nov 8, 2026 - WaveWarZ tonight at 7 PM Eastern: Nessy The Rilla vs Dr. Bruce Banner. Almost 1,700 battles and over 1,000 SOL traded so far.

• Year of the ZABAL - Day 311

  Nov 7, 2026 - T minus one to WaveWarZ: Nessy The Rilla vs Dr. Bruce Banner, tomorrow at 7 PM Eastern.

• Year of the ZABAL - Day 310

  Nov 6, 2026 - My Singapore POIDH bounty is live: $1,000 to get me to the World Zoroastrian Congress, and your questions come with me

• Year of the ZABAL - Day 307

  Nov 3, 2026 - Ali gifted stock to The ZAO and members can snag some.

• Year of the ZABAL - Day 306

  Nov 2, 2026 - ZAO Fractal 122 is tonight at 6 PM Eastern. Who's joining?

• Year of the ZABAL - Day 305

  Nov 1, 2026 - Fractal 122 is tomorrow at 6 PM Eastern. Here is all you need to get ready.

• Year of the ZABAL - Day 304

  Oct 31, 2026 - Gigi is not from the crypto space and she is not a musician. Here is how she ended up judging WaveWarZ battles.

• Year of the ZABAL - Day 303

  Oct 30, 2026 - Today at 6 pm ET on BCZ Yapz: meet Gigi, who judges WaveWarZ battles and matches songs to art.

• Year of the ZABAL - Day 302

  Oct 29, 2026 - Artist day. Meet Legit, whose Clearer Picture went up on WaveZStation last week.

• Year of the ZABAL - Day 301

  Oct 28, 2026 - Builders day. My agents restarted twice before sunrise and a check I built got blocked.

• Year of the ZABAL - Day 300

  Oct 27, 2026 - Four new songs went up on WaveZStation this week. Back any of them for whatever you want, from $1.

• Year of the ZABAL - Day 299

  Oct 26, 2026 - Fractal 121 is live tonight at 6 PM Eastern. And WaveWarZ just passed 1,000 SOL traded.

• Year of the ZABAL - Day 294

  Oct 21, 2026 - Three artists made something for me, and it all dropped on WaveZStation on Tuesday.

• Year of the ZABAL - Day 292

  Oct 19, 2026 - This week in The ZAO: Fractal 120 tonight at 6 PM Eastern, and a WaveWarZ battle Sunday at 8 PM Eastern.

• Year of the ZABAL - Day 291

  Oct 18, 2026 - Fractal 120 is tomorrow, Monday, October 19, at 6 PM Eastern in The ZAO Discord. Free, and first-timers are welcome.

• Year of the ZABAL - Day 285

  Oct 12, 2026 - Two fractal groups tonight, 11 people. A second session runs Tuesday at noon Eastern.

• Year of the ZABAL - Day 275

  Oct 3, 2026 - ZAOstock is today, and you don't have to be in Maine. Host a watch party, even for one hour, and tell us which.

• Year of the ZABAL - Day 274

  Oct 1, 2026 - Live on Star 97.7 this morning, the round 8 bounty is open, and ZAOstock is two days out.

• Year of the ZABAL - Day 273

  Sep 30, 2026 - One thing to do today: tap Going on the ZAOstock Facebook event and invite 3 people. Plus Tuesday in review, and 3 ways to be there.

• Year of the ZABAL - Day 272

  Sep 29, 2026 - Monday in review: Zaal and Tom Fellenz on Beyond the NFT, the set times are up, and 4 days to go.

• Year of the ZABAL - Day 271

  Sep 28, 2026 - On Saturday we told the story of ZAO Festivals out loud, on a space hosted by Thy Revolution. 4 events, 3 cities before this one, and what we are bringing to Ellsworth.

• Year of the ZABAL - Day 268: the Maine artists on the ZAOstock bill

  Sep 25, 2026 - Five of the eight acts playing ZAOstock on October 3 are Maine artists. Here is each of them, in their own words.

• Year of the ZABAL - Day 267: 9 days out, everything you need to know

  Sep 24, 2026 - ZAOstock is 9 days away. Where it is, how to get there, what the day looks like, and what it costs, which is nothing.

• Year of the ZABAL - Day 266: anything but a poster

  Sep 23, 2026 - Round three is open until 5 pm Eastern today, and it rules out the thing most people made last time. Here is what changed and why.

• Year of the ZABAL - Day 265: bounty two is open until 5 pm

  Sep 22, 2026 - Make one piece of media for ZAOstock with the brand kit. It closes at 5 pm Eastern today and I name my pick live on Twitch at the close.

• Year of the ZABAL - Day 264: what came in for bounty one

  Sep 21, 2026 - Thirteen bounties, one a day until ZAOstock. Bounty one closed at 4 pm Eastern today. Here is what people made.

• Year of the ZABAL - Day 263: 13 days until ZAOstock

  Sep 20, 2026 - What ZAOstock is, the running order, and how to get ready for October 3 in Maine

• Year of the ZABAL - Day 259

  Sep 16, 2026 - LyonsDen is playing ZAOstock

• Year of the ZABAL - Day 258

  Sep 15, 2026 - DCoop is playing at ZAOstock