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Zcash Developers Propose 20-Second Block Times After NU7 Upgrade

Open the sourceReported by CoinGape, coingape.com, 9 November 2026, by Coingapestaff

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Zcash developers have proposed cutting the network's target block interval from 25 seconds to 20 seconds, just days after the NU7 upgrade went live. The draft Zcash Improvement Proposal (ZIP) was submitted to the community forum on Sunday by developers ValarDragon and Evan Forbes. The change would mark another reduction in block times for the privacy-focused chain, following the recent activation of NU7. The proposal matters because faster block times could affect transaction throughput and network dynamics on Zcash. Community discussion of the draft ZIP is the next step before any change is adopted.

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