Zcash Developers Propose Cutting Block Time to 20 Seconds

Nov. 9 — According to Cointelegraph, just days after the NU7 upgrade activated, Zcash developers have proposed further shortening the target block time from 25 seconds to 20 seconds. The related draft ZIP has been submitted to the community forum, is intended to be included in the next round of community voting, and is being considered for implementation in the upcoming NU7.1 network upgrade.

The move aims to shorten transaction confirmation times and improve user experience in scenarios such as POS payments, exchange deposits and cross-chain swaps. The proposal states that it will not increase the network's total daily private transaction capacity, while keeping the existing ZEC issuance schedule unchanged. The NU7 upgrade went live on Nov. 6, reducing block time from 75 seconds to 25 seconds and introducing network sustainability mechanisms.