# Zcash Developers Propose 20-Second Target Block Interval After NU7 By Simon Yoon Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/52688 Published: 2026-11-10T00:52:33.000Z Updated: 2026-11-10T00:52:33.000Z Section: Technology > The change would shorten initial confirmation waits while leaving daily capacity for private transactions and the issuance schedule unchanged. Zcash developers ValarDragon and Evan Forbes have proposed cutting the network’s target block interval to 20 seconds, aiming to shorten initial waits for payments, exchange deposits and cross-chain swaps. The proposed change would trim five seconds from the target set during NU7, which went live Nov. 6. NU7 reset the interval from 75 seconds; its [mainnet activation]() set the current target at 25 seconds. The draft is intended to reduce the wait for initial confirmations for point-of-sale payments, exchange deposits and cross-chain swaps. It would not increase Zcash’s overall daily capacity for private transactions. The issuance schedule would also remain unchanged with the shorter target. ValarDragon and Forbes want the change included in the next community poll and considered for NU7.1. The 20-second interval remains a proposal, not an active network change. ## Links in this article - [mainnet activation](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/51035)