Zcash developers have reached a unanimous agreement to activate the major Network Upgrade 7 (NU7) on the mainnet on November 5, 2026, following a testnet launch on October 6.⚡ Key UpgradesFaster Speeds: Block times will drop from 75 seconds to 25 seconds for quicker transactions.Stable Tokenomics: The 3x faster block speed will not speed up inflation. Block rewards will scale down proportionally to strictly preserve the original halving schedule.Community Decisions: Deprecates V4 transactions and delays the proposed fee-recycling Network Sustainability Mechanism (NSM) until February 2031.A final confirmation on the specific block activation height will be announced on October 20, 2026, after tracking early testnet performance.