Overwinter Activated Successfully

Overwinter has successfully activated at block 347500! More information on the Zcash Overwinter protocol upgrade and support is available on

Zcash Sapling Activation Delayed

The next major Zcash protocol upgrade, called Sapling, has been delayed by six weeks (one release cycle). Sapling introduces significant

New Release: 1.1.1

Zcash 1.1.1 has arrived!  This release is an Overwinter-compatible version of the Zcash node software, with initial support for Sapling consensus

New Release: 1.1.0

Edit 2018-05-31: Auto-senescence terminology changed to “end-of-support halt”. After several months of work, we are happy to announce the release

Overwinter

Announcing Zcash Overwinter, the first “software-updates-required” network upgrade for Zcash. The purpose of Overwinter is to strengthen the protocol for

New Release: 1.0.15

Today we’re announcing the release of Zcash 1.0.15, which contains the Overwinter consensus rules with a testnet activation height. It

New Release: 1.0.14

Today we’re announcing the release of Zcash 1.0.14, which contains new features, bug fixes, and documentation improvements. Notable changes Incoming

Zcash for Everyone

Since Zcash launched a little more than a year ago, our world-class engineering team has executed beautifully: on-boarding countless new

New Release: 1.0.13

Edit 2018-05-31: Auto-senescence terminology changed to “end-of-support halt”. Today we’re announcing the release of Zcash 1.0.13, introducing new features, performance

New Release: 1.0.12

Today we’re announcing the release of Zcash 1.0.12, which includes bug fixes and usability improvements. It also adds a new

Release Cycle Update

Edit 2018-05-31: Auto-senescence terminology changed to “end-of-support halt”. Ahead of the 1.0.9 release a few months ago, the Zcash development

New Release: 1.0.11

Today we’re announcing the release of Zcash 1.0.11, which includes bug fixes and usability improvements. Summary of the changes included

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