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Network Upgrade 7

NU7 is planned to be the ninth major network upgrade for Zcash. If NU7 includes major consensus changes as expected, then it will not be supported by zcashd. In order to prepare for this…

Network Upgrade 6.1

NU6.1 is the eighth major network upgrade for Zcash, endorsed by both Electric Coin Co. and the Zcash Foundation. It institutes a funding model that gives the community and coin holders…

Network Upgrade 6

NU6 is the seventh major network upgrade for Zcash, endorsed by both Electric Coin Co. and the Zcash Foundation. It extends the “dev fund” allocated from the Zcash block…

Network Upgrade 5

NU5 is the sixth major network upgrade for Zcash and a component of the Halo Arc product suite release, and in accordance with the Zcash trademark agreement, it is endorsed by both Electric…

Canopy

Canopy is the fifth major network upgrade for Zcash, coinciding with the first Zcash halving, and in accordance with the Zcash trademark agreement, it is endorsed by both Electric…

Heartwood

Heartwood is the fourth major network upgrade for Zcash, and in accordance with the Zcash trademark agreement, it is endorsed by both Electric Coin Co. and the Zcash Foundation.…

Blossom

Blossom is the third network upgrade for Zcash, and in accordance with the Zcash trademark agreement, it is endorsed by both Electric Coin Co. and the Zcash foundation.…

Sapling

Sapling is a network upgrade that introduces significant efficiency improvements for shielded transactions that will pave the way for broad mobile, exchange and vendor adoption…

Overwinter

Overwinter is the first network upgrade for Zcash. Its purpose is strengthening the protocol for future network upgrades. It includes versioning, replay protection for network…