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Zcash holders had already supported shorter block times and the retention of the network’s existing halving structure. Our earlier report explains what the Zcash vote would change.
The new NU7 timeline adds the part that the vote could not provide: deadlines for completing the code, testing it and deciding whether it is ready for mainnet.
The forum post says the Zcash Foundation, Tachyon, Valar, ZODL and Shielded Labs reached agreement with the engineering teams working across the ecosystem. Developers responsible for the Zakura and Zebra node implementations also discussed whether the proposed schedule was achievable.
A governance vote cannot change Zcash’s consensus rules by itself. Zakura and Zebra must implement compatible rules before exchanges, wallets and infrastructure providers can prepare for activation.
October 20 will be the go/no-go review
September 30: code completion
The selected features are expected to be implemented and ready for inclusion in the testnet release.
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