The network has officially announced the details and timing of the upcoming upgrade known as NU7. Based on the current block speed, the mainnet launch of the upgrade has been scheduled at block number 3,543,405, which approximately coincides with the night of November 5 to 6, 2026.
Key Highlights:
Accelerating the block pace in the network.
Comprehensive improvements to tokenomics and privacy.
Current Price:
The coin is trading around $1,200 to $1,224 USD per coin, following a volatile session that recorded a slight decline of about 10.5% in recent hours, affected by profit-taking and short-term short selling contracts by large speculators.
ETF Inflows:
Despite the fluctuations, the "Grayscale Zcash ETF" (ZCSH) witnessed a rebound in institutional inflows exceeding $15 million in the past few days, amid widespread anticipation of the impact of the upcoming upgrade (NU7) on coin liquidity and the positions of large traders in futures derivatives.
The market is currently witnessing great anticipation and institutional interest accompanied by caution due to the approaching deadline for freezing old balances of unmigrated funds (Sprout pool), and the NU7 upgrade will take place in the first week of November 2026.
Important Warning for Users:
The new upgrade will end support for old v4 transactions, meaning that any old balance coins still stored in the legacy privacy pool (Sprout pool) will become unspendable or untransferable if they are not migrated to modern addresses (such as Sapling) before the upgrade is activated.
