The NU7 upgrade, due around Nov. 5, will cut Zcash's target block time from 75 seconds to 25 seconds, making confirmations roughly three times faster, although each exchange sets its own confirmation count. It also sends 60% of each block's fees into a network sustainability reserve, with miners keeping 40%, adds per-block limits on shielded transactions, and shuts down the Sprout privacy pool. The main risk is execution, as activation is on a faster schedule than the usual three months and stable mainnet software only launched on Oct. 22; funds left in Sprout would be lost. The author doesn't expect a big price impact, since upgrades are scheduled in advance and Zcash is already up 134% year to date, though a clean switch would be a positive sign.
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| Market | Crypto |
|---|---|
| Exchange | Binance |
| Sector | Privacy |
| Market cap | $21.2B |
| Close on 11/03/2026 | 1,219.04 |
| Change that session | +7.45% |
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