# Zcash’s NU7 upgrade brings 25-second blocks to public testnet earlier than expected

Zcash blocks are now arriving three times as often — but only on a network where the coins carry no value, at least for the time being.On Zcash's public test network, the NU7 upgrade went live at block 4,465,026. The upgrade lowers the target interval between transaction batches from 75 seconds to 2

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| Published | 5 October 2026 |

Source: https://egamers.io/zcashs-nu7-upgrade-brings-25-second-blocks-to-public-testnet-earlier-than-expected/