Launch 5.5.0 introduces a lot of bug fixes and adjustments to the underlying libraries that help Zcash. A lot of this work lays the muse for the fund availability options coming with the following launch. These options will present the flexibility to spend funds earlier than a pockets is totally synchronized. As well as, this launch introduces a proportional price mechanism which will assist tackle future intervals of excessive transaction load on the blockchain. Cellular pockets customers sending common single-recipient transactions won’t be affected by this transformation.

The Zcash protocol continues to be our major focus at ECC, as we work to exit “Emergency Mode” and ship a stable and dependable person expertise.

Abstract of Modifications

• Proportional price mechanism for the zcashd bundled pockets and mining companions;
• Basis work for fund availability/quick stability readiness;
• Refactor of frequent code shared in zcashd pockets for z_sendmany, z_shieldcoinbase and z_mergetoaddress;
• A bugfix permits Orchard transactions to be created and verified on 32-bit platforms.

All node operators, which incorporates our mining and different ecosystem companions, ought to improve to this newest model as quickly as sensible.

Further RPC adjustments and have deprecations have been included on this launch. For technical particulars on these adjustments, together with potential impacts of the proportional price mechanism for node operators, please learn the total launch notes accessible at https://github.com/zcash/zcash/tree/v5.5.0/doc/release-notes/release-notes-5.5.0.md.