Zcash developers have finalized the timeline for NU7, the privacy network’s next major upgrade, with mainnet activation targeted for November 5 after a testnet rollout on October 6, according to a post on the Zcash Community Forum published September 17. The schedule follows the coinholder vote that backed faster blocks and the network’s existing halving schedule, and reflects unanimous agreement among the Zcash Foundation, Project Tachyon, Valar, ZODL and Shielded Labs. The upgrade will cut target block spacing from 75 seconds to 25 seconds and add a mechanism that recycles a portion of transaction fees to miners in later years.