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By Steven Anderson
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What the Block Time Cut Actually Does. Faster blocks don't automatically mean more ZEC in circulation.
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The Network Sustainability Mechanism and ZIP-235. NU7 also introduces something called the Network Sustainability Mechanism, and it's the part of…
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Timeline and What Could Still Move. The schedule is tight. Code finalization is set for September 30.
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Zcash is moving fast. Developers have locked in November 5 as the target date for the NU7 network upgrade, a change that would slash block confirmation time from 75 seconds down…
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The push for NU7 came out of discussions involving several key teams: the Zcash Foundation, Project Tachyon, Valar, ZODL, and Shielded Labs. Community backing was strong — 2.
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Faster blocks don't automatically mean more ZEC in circulation. Developers are splitting the per-block reward by three and stretching the halving interval from 1.
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The practical upside is real for anyone who's tried to use Zcash for an actual payment. Exchanges and cross-chain bridges typically require a fixed number of block confirmations…
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Zcash's core pitch has always been direct wallet-to-wallet payments that bypass banks and card networks entirely, with shielded transactions keeping the sender, recipient, and…
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Related: Jaime Leverton Joins Fortitude Mining as Zcash Surges Toward Nasdaq Listing
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Why 2031? That's when Zcash's regular issuance from mining will have declined enough through successive halvings that miner income could start getting squeezed.
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But the community voted for it overwhelmingly, and the logic is sound enough. Miners need predictable income to keep hardware running.
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On the wallet side, the upgrade is designed to be relatively low-friction. The older transaction format gets deactivated, but no new format is being added, so most wallets…
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The schedule is tight. Code finalization is set for September 30. Testing on Zcash's testnet kicks off October 6.
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It's worth being clear about what "activation height" means here. Rather than flipping a switch on a calendar date, the upgrade activates at a specific block number.
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Related: Zcash Surges 15% to $1,388 as Privacy Coins Outpace $2.7T Crypto Market
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