Zcash’s NU7 upgrade is now live on the testnet, giving developers a few weeks to evaluate 25-second blocks and other protocol changes ahead of the planned November mainnet activation.
Zcash has activated its NU7 network upgrade on the testnet, moving planned protocol changes into live testing about a month ahead of its targeted mainnet rollout.
According to Zcash testnet block explorer ZecBlock, block 4,465,026 — the scheduled activation point of NU7 — was mined on October 4 18:21:45 UTC. Zcash sure In a post on X, Activation stated that NU7 was live on the testnet.
NU7 is Zcash’s next network upgrade and aims to reduce the network’s target block spacing from 75 seconds to 25 seconds. Upgrade version 4 disables transactions and integrates a network sustainability mechanism that redirects part of transaction fees to future block rewards.
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