Zcash Developers Propose Shorter Block Times to Boost Payment Efficiency Following NU7 Upgrade
November 9, 2026
Following the implementation of the NU7 upgrade, Zcash developers have proposed further reducing block creation target times to 20 seconds, aiming to accelerate payment confirmations for merchants, exchanges, and cross-chain protocols.
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Anza Urges Solana Validators to Upgrade Agave Client Before Epoch 1079 Deadline
November 6, 2026
Anza has directed Solana validators to update to Agave 4.4.1 before Epoch 1079 on November 6, adjusting transaction limits for loader-v3 program data to maintain consensus stability.
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Hong Kong Grants Strategic Enterprise Status to Nasdaq-Listed Solana Firm to Boost Web3 Infrastructure
October 26, 2026
Hong Kong has named a Nasdaq-listed Solana firm as a strategic enterprise as the company plans to establish local validator operations, further boosting the region's Web3 ambitions.
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Base and Ethereum Core Developers Diverge on Native Account Abstraction Standards
September 15, 2026
Collaboration between developers on Base-led EIP-8130 and Ethereum mainnet EIP-8141 has broken down, leaving the two ecosystems to pursue separate native account abstraction standards.
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Circle Targets September 16 for Arc Public Mainnet Launch
August 21, 2026
Circle has announced September 16 as the official target for its Arc public mainnet launch, bringing an enterprise-grade, permissioned-validator blockchain network to the broader digital finance ecosystem.
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Neynar Searches for New Farcaster Custodian Following Severe Protocol Revenue Slump
August 18, 2026
Neynar is seeking a new owner for Farcaster and Clanker seven months after taking over the Web3 social protocol, as quarterly revenues plunge over 98%.
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Solana Avoids Network Halt as Major Hosting Provider Outage Disconnects 28% of Staked SOL
August 17, 2026
A major routing failure at cloud provider Teraswitch temporarily disconnected 28.83% of Solana's staked SOL, pushing the high-performance blockchain within 4.5 percentage points of losing block finality.
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