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  "title": {
    "zh": "Zcash NU7 治理提案获批并推进主网升级",
    "en": "Zcash NU7 governance approved and mainnet upgrade advanced"
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    "zh": "NU7 已在公共测试网激活，主网启动目标为 11 月 5 日，最终激活决定待 10 月 20 日审查测试结果后作出。",
    "en": "NU7 is now active on public testnet, with mainnet launch targeted for Nov. 5, pending a final activation decision after test result review on Oct. 20."
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      "event_id": "evt_7961cef127fc12b3",
      "occurred_at": "2026-09-16T05:54:04Z",
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      "title_zh": "Zcash持有者以压倒性多数支持更快的交易和比特币式减半",
      "title_en": "Zcash holders overwhelmingly back faster transactions and bitcoin-style halvings",
      "what_changed_zh": "Zcash持有者以压倒性多数批准了NU7治理措施，包括25秒出块时间、保留比特币式减半时间表、将网络可持续机制费用重新发行推迟至2031年，以及禁用过时的Sprout交易。",
      "what_changed_en": "Zcash holders approved NU7 governance measures with overwhelming majorities, including 25-second block times, preserving the bitcoin-style halving schedule, delaying Network Sustainability Mechanism fee reissuance until 2031, and disabling obsolete Sprout transactions.",
      "current_state_zh": "Zcash持有者以压倒性多数批准了NU7治理措施，包括25秒出块时间、保留比特币式减半时间表、将网络可持续机制费用重新发行推迟至2031年，以及禁用过时的Sprout交易。",
      "current_state_en": "Zcash holders approved NU7 governance measures with overwhelming majorities, including 25-second block times, preserving the bitcoin-style halving schedule, delaying Network Sustainability Mechanism fee reissuance until 2031, and disabling obsolete Sprout transactions.",
      "detailed_summary_zh": "Zcash holders approved NU7 governance measures with overwhelming majorities, including 25-second block times, preserving the bitcoin-style halving schedule, delaying Network Sustainability Mechanism fee reissuance until 2031, and disabling obsolete Sprout transactions.",
      "detailed_summary_en": "Zcash holders approved NU7 governance measures with overwhelming majorities, including 25-second block times, preserving the bitcoin-style halving schedule, delaying Network Sustainability Mechanism fee reissuance until 2031, and disabling obsolete Sprout transactions.",
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      "event_id": "evt_7961cef127fc12b3",
      "occurred_at": "2026-09-18T04:51:29Z",
      "published_at": "2026-09-18T04:51:29Z",
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      "title_zh": "Zcash计划于11月进行NU7主网升级，出块时间缩短至25秒",
      "title_en": "Zcash targets November for NU7 mainnet upgrade with 25-second blocks",
      "what_changed_zh": "Zcash开发者已一致同意将NU7主网升级的目标日期定在11月5日，该升级将把出块时间缩短至25秒，禁用版本4交易，并整合网络可持续性机制，同时保留减半时间表。",
      "what_changed_en": "Zcash developers have reached unanimous agreement to target November 5 for the NU7 mainnet upgrade, which will cut block times to 25 seconds, disable version 4 transactions, and integrate the Network Sustainability Mechanism while preserving the halving schedule.",
      "current_state_zh": "Zcash开发者已一致同意将NU7主网升级的目标日期定在11月5日，该升级将把出块时间缩短至25秒，禁用版本4交易，并整合网络可持续性机制，同时保留减半时间表。",
      "current_state_en": "Zcash developers have reached unanimous agreement to target November 5 for the NU7 mainnet upgrade, which will cut block times to 25 seconds, disable version 4 transactions, and integrate the Network Sustainability Mechanism while preserving the halving schedule.",
      "detailed_summary_zh": "Zcash developers have reached unanimous agreement to target November 5 for the NU7 mainnet upgrade, which will cut block times to 25 seconds, disable version 4 transactions, and integrate the Network Sustainability Mechanism while preserving the halving schedule.",
      "detailed_summary_en": "Zcash developers have reached unanimous agreement to target November 5 for the NU7 mainnet upgrade, which will cut block times to 25 seconds, disable version 4 transactions, and integrate the Network Sustainability Mechanism while preserving the halving schedule.",
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      "update_id": "upd_410801c5ee218817",
      "event_id": "evt_7961cef127fc12b3",
      "occurred_at": "2026-09-18T19:16:03Z",
      "published_at": "2026-09-18T19:16:03Z",
      "first_seen_at": "2026-09-18T22:43:52.654525Z",
      "time_precision": "published",
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      "title_zh": "Zcash正在运行——开发者想让它更快",
      "title_en": "Zcash Is Running—Devs Want to Make It Faster",
      "what_changed_zh": "开发者透露 NU7 测试网将于 10 月 6 日上线，主网激活高度将于 10 月 20 日确定，规范于 9 月 30 日前发布；ZIP 218 将每块奖励除以约三倍以保持每日发行量不变；98.9% 的持币者投票支持保留减半机制；网络可持续机制将从 2026 年开始将约 60% 的交易费用存入，并于 2031 年 2 月开始作为补充挖矿奖励发放。",
      "what_changed_en": "Developers revealed NU7 testnet on Oct. 6, mainnet activation height set on Oct. 20, specs due by Sept. 30; ZIP 218 divides per-block reward by ~3 to keep daily issuance unchanged; 98.9% of coinholders voted to keep halvings; Network Sustainability Mechanism will bank ~60% of transaction fees starting 2026, flowing back as supplemental mining rewards in Feb. 2031.",
      "current_state_zh": "Zcash 开发者一致同意在 11 月 5 日激活 NU7 主网升级，将出块时间从 75 秒缩短至 25 秒，同时通过 ZIP 218 保持每日发行量不变，并集成网络可持续机制（2026 年开始费用银行，2031 年 2 月发放补充奖励），减半计划保持不变。",
      "current_state_en": "Zcash developers unanimously agreed to activate the NU7 mainnet upgrade on Nov. 5, cutting block times from 75 to 25 seconds while keeping daily issuance unchanged via ZIP 218, and integrating the Network Sustainability Mechanism (fee banking starting 2026, supplemental rewards in Feb. 2031), with halvings preserved.",
      "detailed_summary_zh": "Zcash developers plan to activate the NU7 upgrade on Nov. 5, tripling block speed from 75 to 25 seconds while keeping daily ZEC issuance unchanged and adding a 2026 fee-banking mechanism to fund miners after 2031.",
      "detailed_summary_en": "Zcash developers plan to activate the NU7 upgrade on Nov. 5, tripling block speed from 75 to 25 seconds while keeping daily ZEC issuance unchanged and adding a 2026 fee-banking mechanism to fund miners after 2031.",
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      "event_id": "evt_7961cef127fc12b3",
      "occurred_at": "2026-09-23T08:07:10Z",
      "published_at": "2026-09-23T08:07:10Z",
      "first_seen_at": "2026-09-23T09:26:09.956362Z",
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      "update_type": "escalation",
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      "title_zh": "Zcash的11月升级可能冻结遗留Sprout池中的资金",
      "title_en": "Zcash’s November upgrade could freeze funds in legacy Sprout pool",
      "what_changed_zh": "NU7 升级将依据 ZIP-2003 禁用版本 4 交易，导致遗留 Sprout 屏蔽池中的 ZEC 在升级后无法花费；社区成员和 Zcash 联合创始人 Zooko Wilcox 警告持币者尽快迁移资金，但提案并未销毁这些资金，未来仍有可能恢复访问。",
      "what_changed_en": "NU7 will disable version 4 transactions under ZIP-2003, making ZEC in the legacy Sprout shielded pool unspendable after the upgrade; community members and Zcash co-founder Zooko Wilcox warned holders to move funds, though the proposal does not burn the funds and leaves open the possibility of restoring access later.",
      "current_state_zh": "Zcash 计划于 11 月 5 日激活 NU7 主网升级，将出块时间缩短至 25 秒并保持每日发行量不变，同时升级将禁用版本 4 交易，使遗留 Sprout 屏蔽池中的 ZEC 可能无法花费；测试网计划于 10 月 6 日上线，主网激活决定预计在 10 月 20 日做出。",
      "current_state_en": "Zcash plans to activate NU7 on Nov. 5, cutting block times to 25 seconds while keeping daily issuance unchanged; the upgrade will also disable version 4 transactions, potentially making ZEC in the legacy Sprout shielded pool unspendable; testnet is scheduled for Oct. 6 and a mainnet activation decision is expected on Oct. 20.",
      "detailed_summary_zh": "Zcash’s November upgrade could freeze funds in legacy Sprout pool",
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      "occurred_at": "2026-10-05T04:05:02Z",
      "published_at": "2026-10-05T04:05:02Z",
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      "title_zh": "Zcash NU7升级已在测试网上线，计划于11月5日上线主网",
      "title_en": "Zcash NU7升级已在测试网上线，计划于11月5日上线主网",
      "what_changed_zh": "Zcash 已在测试网区块高度 4,465,026 激活 NU7 升级（该高度于 10 月 4 日 18:21:45 UTC 完成出块），比原计划的 10 月 6 日测试网上线提前落地，实测 25 秒目标出块间隔、禁用版本 4 交易并引入手续费重定向的网络可持续性机制。",
      "what_changed_en": "Zcash activated NU7 on testnet at block height 4,465,026 (mined Oct. 4 at 18:21:45 UTC), landing ahead of the previously scheduled Oct. 6 testnet launch, with live testing of the 25-second target block interval, version 4 transaction disablement, and the fee-redirecting Network Sustainability Mechanism.",
      "current_state_zh": "NU7 已在 Zcash 测试网正式上线（激活高度 4,465,026，10 月 4 日 18:21:45 UTC 出块）；开发者将根据测试网运行情况于 10 月 20 日决定是否推进主网并确定激活高度，主网激活目标日期仍为 11 月 5 日，届时版本 4 交易停用将使遗留 Sprout 屏蔽池中的 ZEC 无法使用，除非用户提前迁移。",
      "current_state_en": "NU7 is now live on the Zcash testnet (activation height 4,465,026, block mined Oct. 4 at 18:21:45 UTC); developers will decide on Oct. 20 whether to proceed to mainnet and set the activation height, with mainnet activation still targeted for Nov. 5, when disabling version 4 transactions would make ZEC in the legacy Sprout shielded pool unspendable unless holders migrate in time.",
      "detailed_summary_zh": "Zcash activated its NU7 upgrade on testnet at block height 4,465,026, testing a 25-second target block interval, disabling version 4 transactions, and introducing a fee-redirecting sustainability mechanism ahead of a planned November 5 mainnet activation that developers will confirm on October 20.",
      "detailed_summary_en": "Zcash activated its NU7 upgrade on testnet at block height 4,465,026, testing a 25-second target block interval, disabling version 4 transactions, and introducing a fee-redirecting sustainability mechanism ahead of a planned November 5 mainnet activation that developers will confirm on October 20.",
      "background_zh": "NU7 是 Zcash 的第七次网络升级。若如其预期包含重大共识变更，zcashd 将不支持该升级，运营方需要迁移至 Zcash 基金会开发的 Zebra 共识节点。Sprout 是 Zcash 最早的隐私支付系统，而「网络可持续性机制」针对的是 Zcash 在 2100 万枚供应上限下依赖区块奖励维持网络安全这一问题。",
      "background_en": "NU7 is Zcash's seventh network upgrade. If it includes major consensus changes as expected, it will not be supported by zcashd, so operators need to upgrade to the Zebra consensus node developed by the Zcash Foundation. Sprout is Zcash's oldest private-payment system, and the Network Sustainability Mechanism is aimed at the fact that Zcash's network security is funded by block rewards under a 21 million coin supply cap.",
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      "market_impact_zh": "ZEC 是直接受影响的资产，传导路径主要通过交易平台入账与钱包基础设施——目标出块间隔缩短会改变上币与结算平台的确认等待时间。Sprout 池停用以及 60% 手续费转入储备，也会影响流通供应与矿工收入结构；仍运行 zcashd 相关软件的运营方需要兼容节点才能跟随升级后的链。",
      "market_impact_en": "ZEC is the directly exposed asset, with transmission running through exchange deposit-crediting and wallet infrastructure, since a shorter target block interval changes confirmation waits for venues that list and settle the coin. The Sprout cut-off and the redirection of 60% of transaction fees into a reserve also alter circulating-supply and miner-revenue mechanics, and operators running zcashd-based software would need compatible nodes to follow the upgraded chain.",
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      "title_zh": "Zcash的25秒出块提前在公共测试网上线",
      "title_en": "Zcash’s 25-second blocks go live on public testnet ahead of schedule",
      "what_changed_zh": "Zcash 的 NU7 升级已在公共测试网上激活，区块目标时间从 75 秒缩短至 25 秒，比原计划提前；60% 的交易手续费被转入未来挖矿奖励储备；旧版 Sprout 隐私系统被禁用。主网计划于 11 月 5 日启动，开发者将于 10 月 20 日审查测试结果后决定激活。",
      "what_changed_en": "Zcash's NU7 upgrade activated on public testnet, cutting target block time from 75 seconds to 25 seconds ahead of schedule; 60% of transaction fees redirected to a future mining reward reserve; legacy Sprout privacy system disabled. Mainnet planned for Nov. 5, with developers to review test results and decide on activation Oct. 20.",
      "current_state_zh": "NU7 已在公共测试网激活，主网启动目标为 11 月 5 日，最终激活决定待 10 月 20 日审查测试结果后作出。",
      "current_state_en": "NU7 is now active on public testnet, with mainnet launch targeted for Nov. 5, pending a final activation decision after test result review on Oct. 20.",
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