{
  "id": 18463892,
  "title": "Zcash’s major network upgrade NU7 goes live on mainnet, cutting block time by threefold",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/zcashs-major-network-upgrade-nu7-goes-live-on-mainnet-cutting-block",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-06T07:36:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Block",
    "slug": "the-block",
    "url": "https://www.theblock.co/news/defi/2026-11-06-zcashs-nu7-goes-live-435807"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "NU7 also activates the Network Sustainability Mechanism, which removes 60% of each block's transaction fees from circulation.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CoinDesk",
        "title": "Zcash’s landmark NU7 upgrade goes live, speeding up private payments",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/zcashs-landmark-nu7-upgrade-goes-live-speeding-up-private-payments",
        "published": "2026-11-06T05:14:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Cointelegraph",
        "title": "Zcash NU7 upgrade goes live, leaves 12,224 ZEC stranded in Sprout pool",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/zcash-nu7-upgrade-goes-live-leaves-12-224-zec-stranded-in-sprout-pool",
        "published": "2026-11-06T09:00:36.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}