NU7 Protocol Poll, Q3 2026
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Mark Henderson
Mark Henderson
This vote pertains to NU7 scope, mirroring the previous poll that was cancelled due to the Orchard counterfeiting bug and Ironwood / NU6.3 work.
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Question #1The component of the Network Sustainability Mechanism that removes ZEC from circulation is already approved. How that ZEC is recycled into future block rewards remains unresolved. In no case will the total supply of ZEC be affected. Which approach do you support?
| Smooth issuance curve. Replace halvings with a gradual issuance curve. ZEC removed from circulation by the NSM is recycled into future block rewards along the same curve. | 13 |
| Preserve halvings. Keep the existing halving schedule for new ZEC. ZEC removed from circulation by the NSM is eventually recycled into future block rewards. | 14 |
| Do not include issuance smoothing in NU7. How ZEC removed from circulation by the NSM is recycled into future block rewards is left to future governance. | 1 |
| Abstain. | 4 |
NSM has prior coinholder approval. This question concerns the start of reissuance of funds removed from circulation (which includes at least 60% of total fees). When should NSM reissuance of funds removed from circulation begin?
| As soon as possible. If the outcome of Q1 is smoothed issuance, this will be February 2027; otherwise it may be sooner. | 14 |
| February 2027, regardless of the outcome of Q1. | 4 |
| February 2031, regardless of the outcome of Q1. | 7 |
| Abstain. | 7 |
The Sprout pool was deprecated in 2018. Deposits are disabled, it holds less than 23,000 ZEC, and it accounts for under 0.1% of transaction volume. Disabling v4 transactions is now broadly accepted; only timing is open. The disposition of the affected funds is out of scope for this poll and is not specified here. When should v4 transactions be disabled?
| Immediately at NU7 activation. | 18 |
| One year after this poll concludes. | 7 |
| Do not set a date to disable v4 transactions. | 5 |
| Abstain. | 2 |
Should we reduce the block target spacing from 75s to 25s, and introduce per-pool action limits, per ZIP-218?
| Yes | 24 |
| No | 4 |
| Abstain | 4 |
NU7 will be consistent with the results of this poll, assuming each applicable feature is implemented by September 30th. How should features that are not ready by the deadline be handled?
| Ship NU7 as soon as possible, removing any feature that is not implemented by the September 30th deadline. | 14 |
| Delay NU7 until every applicable feature approved in this poll is deemed complete. | 13 |
| I do not support this NU7 plan. | 3 |
| Abstain. | 2 |