Zcash developers propose 20-second block interval
Zcash developers ValarDragon and Evan Forbes proposed cutting the target block interval to 20 seconds, days after the NU7 upgrade reduced it from 75 to 25 seconds.
Zcash developers ValarDragon and Evan Forbes have proposed reducing the network’s target block interval from 25 seconds to 20 seconds. The change would shorten expected waits for initial transaction confirmations for point-of-sale payments, exchange deposits and cross-chain swaps.
The developers posted a draft Zcash Improvement Proposal to the Zcash community forum on Sunday, Nov. 8. They requested that the proposal be included in the next community poll and considered for the planned NU7.1 network upgrade.
The proposal states that a shorter block interval would reduce the expected wait for an initial confirmation. It would not increase Zcash’s overall daily capacity for private transactions or change the existing issuance schedule, even though blocks would be produced more frequently.
Zcash activated the NU7 upgrade on its mainnet on Friday, Nov. 6. The upgrade reduced the target block interval from 75 seconds to 25 seconds.
NU7 also introduced a Network Sustainability Mechanism that recycles part of transaction fees into future mining rewards while maintaining Zcash’s maximum supply of 21 million ZEC.
Reviewed and fact-checked by Alex Panasenko on November 9.
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