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Zcash Activates NU7 Upgrade on Testnet Ahead of October 20 Mainnet Vote

Zcash activated its NU7 upgrade on testnet on Oct 5, 2026, cutting block times to 25 seconds, with a mainnet decision set for Oct 20 and a Nov 5 target.

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Oct 17, 2026 · 5 mins read

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Zcash Activates NU7 Upgrade on Testnet Ahead of October 20 Mainnet Vote

More from this section

Ethereum Leads Crypto Liquidation Flush as Market Sells Off

Spot Bitcoin ETFs Shed About $679 Million in a Week as Inflow Streak Ends

XRP Ledger 3.4.0 Ships Lending Protocol v1.1 and Fixes

Solana ETFs Post Record $188M Weekly Inflows, Bitwise Leads

Bitcoin Logs ~10% September Gain, Topped $87K Intramonth

Ripple’s RLUSD Hits Record, Nears PayPal’s PYUSD

Avalanche Activates Helicon Upgrade, Cutting Staking Lockups

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