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Zcash Targets November NU7 Upgrade for Faster Transactions and Preserved Halving Schedule

Zcash holders overwhelmingly approve the NU7 upgrade to reduce block times to 25 seconds while maintaining the existing halving schedule.

3 publishers · 5 articles · first seen 16 Sept 2026 · updated 43d ago

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First reported by CoinDesk, 5h 52m ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first

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How the odds moved · Will Zcash reach $2000 by December 31, 2026?
0%50%100%44%18 Sept, 08:20 UTCnowCoinDesk: Zcash targets November upgrade to make private payments up to three times faster · 18 Sept, 12:50 UTCdecrypt.co: Zcash Is Running—Devs Want to Make It Faster · 18 Sept, 19:16 UTC

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The story so far

3 publishers have covered this in 5 articles since 16 Sept 2026. CoinDesk published first, on 16 September at 05:54 UTC; Cointelegraph.com News followed 5h 53m later. The most recent article, from decrypt.co, appeared on 18 September at 19:16 UTC.

Outlets reporting it: CoinDesk (major outlet), Cointelegraph.com News, decrypt.co.

One prediction market prices this story:

  • Will Zcash reach $2000 by December 31, 2026? — the market puts it at 44%, with $1k traded in the last 24 hours, closing 1 Jan 2027. The market resolves to Yes if the ZEC/USDT price on Binance hits $2000 at any point between now and 11:59 PM ET on December 31, 2026. It resolves to No if the price never reaches that level within this specific timeframe. Readers often mistakenly check prices on other exchanges or look at daily averages instead of the one-minute candle highs and lows on Binance.

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How it unfolded

Every source in the order it published, with the odds on Will Zcash reach $2000 by December 31, 2026? at that moment. A dash means the source published before we started tracking prices.

  1. CoinDeskZcash holders overwhelmingly back faster transactions and bitcoin-style halvings—
  2. Cointelegraph.com NewsZcash holders back 25-second blocks, vote to keep ZEC halving schedule—
  3. Cointelegraph.com NewsZcash targets November for NU7 mainnet upgrade with 25-second blocks—
  4. CoinDeskZcash targets November upgrade to make private payments up to three times faster56%
  5. decrypt.coZcash Is Running—Devs Want to Make It Faster56%
  6. Current odds44%

Sources

Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.

  1. Zcash targets November upgrade to make private payments up to three times faster CoinDesk ·
  2. Zcash holders overwhelmingly back faster transactions and bitcoin-style halvings CoinDesk ·
  3. Zcash Is Running—Devs Want to Make It Faster decrypt.co
  4. Zcash targets November for NU7 mainnet upgrade with 25-second blocks Cointelegraph.com News
  5. Zcash holders back 25-second blocks, vote to keep ZEC halving schedule Cointelegraph.com News

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