In the course of the course of testing NU5, a consensus bug emerged that precipitated the testnet chain to fork. The ECC Core staff discovered it shortly and subsequently recognized and applied a repair to be included in our upcoming Zcashd launch 4.7.0. Out of an abundance of warning, and to make sure that the ecosystem of wallets, exchanges and miners have adequate time for integration and testing, we’re delaying the discharge of NU5 till Could.
ECC has a report of delivering protected and safe know-how. This time will likely be no exception. The ZEC asset is constructed on refined cryptography, which requires most due diligence from our staff, to optimize consumer expertise and to guard customers.
The NU5 mainnet activation block peak will likely be set in Zcashd 5.0.0, which is now deliberate for launch roughly April 21. We anticipate NU5 will activate about 4 weeks later, in mid to late Could. We’re additionally engaged on an up to date schedule for the cell SDK and ECC reference pockets.
We’d wish to thank the group for his or her persistence throughout this course of. Please know that we’re working tirelessly to ship this game-changing innovation — for financial freedom, for all.
