
New Release 4.2.0
New release 4.2.0 removes the zcashd dependency upon libsodium for ed25519 signature checks and instead uses the Rust implementation in ed25519-zebra, which has been active for signature verification since the Canopy upgrade.

New Release 4.1.1
This is a hotfix release that addresses a performance regression in v4.1.0. It is recommended that either v4.0.0 or this […]

New Release: 4.1.0
Migration to Clang and static libc++ zcashd now builds its C++ (and C) dependencies entirely with a pinned version of […]

New Release: 4.0.0
Network Upgrade 4: Canopy The 4.0.0 release supports the Canopy activation on mainnet, which will occur at a block height […]

New Release: 3.0.0
Heartwood activation on mainnet This release supports the Heartwood activation on mainnet, which will occur at a block height of […]

New Release: 2.1.2-3
Electric Coin Co. has released zcashd 2.1.2-3, a hotfix that addresses issues identified in the Heartwood activation on testnet. This […]

New Release: 2.1.2
Heartwood testnet activation This release supports the activation of Heartwood on testnet, with an activation height of 903800, slated to […]

New Releases: 2.1.1 and hotfix 2.1.1-1
New soft fork On December 31, 2019, Michael Davidson disclosed to us a vulnerability that could be used to cause […]

New Release: 2.1.0
Blossom network upgrade The mainnet activation of the Blossom network upgrade is supported by this release, with an activation height […]

New Release: 2.0.7-3
On Tuesday September 24th we released version 2.0.7-3 of Zcashd to address two security issues. Both were discovered and reported […]

New Release: 2.0.7-2
Testnet users needed to upgrade to 2.0.7 before Blossom activated. The amount of notice given to these users was brief, […]

New Release: 2.0.7
In the v2.0.7 release we have implemented ZIP208 which will take effect when Blossom activates. Upon activation, the block times for Zcash […]