Tachyon (Zcash) testnet release candidate ships
The NU7 poll showed near-universal support for Tachyon, the Zcash scaling upgrade, in February 2026. A first release candidate reached testnet on May 22, 2026, trialing 25-second blocks and doubled Orchard throughput, built by Valar Group, with pruning lowering the hardware bar for running a node. CoinDesk Research published a full report on the proposal, commissioned by Genz.
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- Full report from @CoinDesk Research, commissioned by @genzcash: https://t.co/QPZUvRIRxR Replying to their earlier post: The community mandate is already there as Tachyon drew universal or near-universal support across every constituency in the February 2026 NU7 poll, and the deeper stack ships in stages on its own trac…x.com ↗
- The community mandate is already there as Tachyon drew universal or near-universal support across every constituency in the February 2026 NU7 poll, and the deeper stack ships in stages on its own track. Scaling encrypted money is moving from whiteboard to testnet. https://t.co/p65QDyh0mX Replying to their earlier post: A first release candidate reached testnet on May 22, 2026, trialing 25-second blocks and doubled Orchard throughput, built by Valar Group. Pruning also lowers the hardware bar for running a node, a…x.com ↗
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