Zcash developers set NU7 height for November 5, 2026: What it means for the Zcash price

Published on 10/21/2026 at 19:06 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Testnet blocks are designed to fall from 75 seconds to 25 seconds. The Zcash price is 1,133.12 USD on October 21, 2026, down 3.98 percent.

Network upgrade and fund flows

On October 20, 2026, developers proposed block 3,543,405 for NU7 mainnet activation.
NU7 is designed to shorten block intervals from 75 seconds to 25 seconds.
The Zcash price stands at 1,133.12 USD as of October 21, 2026, 3.98 percent below the UTC daily close of October 20, 2026.
Spot Zcash ETFs recorded a 3.68 million USD inflow on October 14, 2026.

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Zcash (ZEC) developers agreed on proposed mainnet activation block 3,543,405 on October 20, 2026, with the network targeting November 5, 2026, according to crypto.news. The Zcash price is 1,133.12 USD as of October 21, 2026, down 3.98 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 20, 2026, according to Investing.com.

NU7 receives a proposed activation height

The proposal sets block 3,543,405 as the point at which Network Upgrade 7, or NU7, would apply new consensus rules on the main network, as crypto.news reported on October 21, 2026. The proposed height has received two developer approvals but still requires integration into the deployment specification, according to the same report. The target date is November 5, 2026, although the block height, rather than a calendar date, determines activation.

NU7 changes the target interval between blocks from 75 seconds to 25 seconds. It also directs 60 percent of transaction fees into a reserve for future mining rewards and disables version 4 transactions, according to the Zcash Foundation engineering update dated October 6, 2026. The update says daily ZEC issuance remains on the same path because the reward assigned to each block is adjusted for the faster block schedule.

ETF flows reached 3.68 million USD on October 14

Spot Zcash ETFs recorded a 3.68 million USD inflow on October 14, 2026, the first daily inflow since September 22, 2026, according to Yahoo Finance. The report also described three straight weeks of outflows, leaving the fund-flow record mixed over that period. ETF products that invest directly in Zcash give brokerage-account investors exposure to the coin without holding ZEC directly, the report said.

Zcash trades at 1,133.12 USD on October 21, 2026

The Zcash price is 1,133.12 USD as of October 21, 2026, down 3.98 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 20, 2026. The daily high is 1,156.00 USD and the daily low is 1,120.48 USD for the UTC day. Market capitalization is 19.26 billion USD, ranking Zcash 10th, while 24-hour volume is 781.38 million USD and circulating supply is 16.92 million ZEC, according to Investing.com.