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Zcash’s landmark NU7 upgrade goes live, speeding up private payments
What CoinDesk reports, why it matters and what remains unconfirmed.
TechBy Shaurya Malwa at CoinDesk

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- Single attributed publisher report
What CoinDesk reports
NU7 cuts the target time between blocks to 25 seconds, reduces the work wallets must do to find private payments and sets aside fees for future miners.
The immediate significance
The report describes a network, software or product development. Its significance depends on whether the change is specified, deployed and used—not only proposed or described in a headline.
What remains unknown
- No matched primary document independently supporting the central claim is linked to this page.
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