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CryptoCryptoastFrench, translatedFiled 4 days ago

Zcash is about to freeze $16 million placed in its oldest privacy pool

Original headlineZcash s'apprête à geler 16 millions de dollars placés dans son plus ancien pool de confidentialité

Open the sourceReported by Cryptoast, cryptoast.fr, 5 November 2026, by Hugh Bernard

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Zcash’s NU7 upgrade is set to retire Sprout, its oldest shielded pool, with roughly $16 million in ZEC required to be withdrawn within the next few hours or risk being frozen. The pool’s remaining funds must move to a supported shielded pool before the upgrade takes effect. The event matters because it tests user readiness ahead of a network change and could reduce the ZEC supply actively held in shielded form if withdrawals lag. Watch whether the remaining Sprout balance is migrated in time and how much ZEC ends up frozen after the cutoff.

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Zcash (ZEC), ZEC (ZEC), Sprout, NU7

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