Zcash devs propose another block time cut days after NU7 upgrade
Summary
Zcash developers ValarDragon and Evan Forbes proposed reducing the target block interval from 25 to 20 seconds, with the change to be considered in a community poll and potentially included in the NU7.1 upgrade. They say faster blocks would shorten initial confirmation waits for payments, exchange deposits and cross-chain swaps, but would not increase daily private-transaction capacity or alter Zcash’s issuance schedule. The proposal follows NU7’s activation, which reduced the target interval from 75 to 25 seconds and introduced a mechanism to direct some transaction fees toward future mining rewards while maintaining the 21 million ZEC supply cap.
