Zcash vote of 2,375,932 ZEC keeps halvings: What it means for the Zcash price

Published on 10/23/2026 at 07:03 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

NU7 targets 25-second blocks for November 5. The Zcash price is 1,355.87 USD as of October 23, 2026, up 7.09 percent.

Halving vote and network changes

On September 2026, Zcash holders voted 2,375,932 ZEC to 22,385 to preserve four-year halvings.
NU7 is designed to reduce block intervals from 75 seconds to 25 seconds, with mainnet activation targeted for November 5, 2026.
The Zcash price stands at 1,355.87 USD as of October 23, 2026, 7.09 percent above the UTC daily close of October 22, 2026.
Zcash spot exchange-traded funds recorded a 15.2 million USD inflow on October 21, 2026.

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Zcash (ZEC) holders voted 2,375,932 ZEC to 22,385 in September 2026 to preserve the network's four-year halving schedule. The Zcash price stands at 1,355.87 USD as of October 23, 2026, up 7.09 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 22, 2026, according to Investing.com.

2,375,932 ZEC backed the halving schedule

CoinDesk reported on October 20, 2026, that Zcash holders voted 2,375,932 ZEC to 22,385 to keep the four-year halving schedule. The vote used an encrypted blockchain that weighted ballots by ZEC without revealing individual answers or balances.

The same report said the vote was the largest on record by voting weight and that five independent engineering teams built the NU7 upgrade around the result. The decision keeps Zcash's issuance reductions in place as the network prepares a separate change to transaction processing.

NU7 targets 25-second blocks for November 5

NU7 is designed to cut the interval between blocks from 75 seconds to 25 seconds. Blocks are batches of transactions added to the blockchain, so the change would reduce the time needed for three confirmations from nearly four minutes to about 75 seconds, according to CoinDesk on October 21, 2026.

The report said NU7 is planned for activation at block 3,543,405, around November 5, 2026. It also said the upgrade would temporarily remove 60 percent of block fees from circulation and disable Zcash's original Sprout privacy system. Funds remaining in that system at activation would become unspendable, making the upgrade relevant to affected holders and infrastructure providers.

Spot Zcash exchange-traded funds recorded a 15.2 million USD net inflow on October 21, 2026, according to Crypto ETF Today. The same data set lists a 10.4 million USD outflow on October 19, 2026, showing different daily flow readings within the same week.

Zcash trades 7.09 percent above the prior UTC close

The Zcash price is 1,355.87 USD as of October 23, 2026, up 7.09 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 22, 2026, according to Investing.com. The daily high is 1,368.91 USD and the daily low for the UTC day is 1,252.41 USD. Market capitalization is 22.91 billion USD, ranking Zcash ninth, while 24-hour volume is 1.26 billion USD. Circulating supply is 16.93 million ZEC.