Winklevoss-owned Gemini switches Zcash software ahead of faster 25-second blocks
The new Zakura nodes caught up with the network in just over six hours in Gemini’s deployments. The crypto exchange’s previous software took close to a day.
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Summary
- Gemini replaced Zebra with Zakura to run its Zcash systems, cutting the time needed to catch up with the network from nearly a day to just over six hours.
- The switch comes before Zcash’s planned NU7 upgrade, which would reduce block times from 75 seconds to 25 seconds and require network computers to process transactions three times as often.
- Developers are targeting Nov. 5 for the mainnet upgrade, though Gemini has not published tests showing how Zakura performs under the faster schedule.
