Zcash Developers Want Faster Blocks, Pushing for a 20 Second Interval After NU7

Zcash developers are asking to cut the network’s target block interval from 25 seconds to 20 seconds, aiming for quicker first confirmations. Developers ValarDragon and Evan Forbes posted a draft Zcash Improvement Proposal on the community forum on Sunday. They want it added to the next community poll and weighed for the coming NU7.1 network upgrade. According to the draft, a shorter wait would make life easier for point of sale payments, exchange deposits and cross chain swaps.

What the Faster Zcash Blocks Would and Would Not Change

The authors say the change would not raise the network’s total daily capacity for private transactions. Zcash’s current issuance schedule would also stay the same, even though blocks would arrive more often.

Zcash NU7 Upgrade and Network Sustainability Mechanism

ZEC Price Drops 5.2% in 24 Hours

The proposal arrives only days after NU7 went live on mainnet on Friday, which shortened the target block interval from 75 seconds to 25 seconds. That upgrade also brought a Network Sustainability Mechanism, designed to feed part of transaction fees back into future mining rewards while keeping the 21 million ZEC supply cap intact. Meanwhile, ZEC is down 5.2% over the past 24 hours.