Zcash Jumps 9.5% Ahead of NU7 Upgrade Due Around Nov. 5

The move looks less like a bet on supply and more like positioning around a technical transition: faster blocks without a material change to scheduled issuance keeps scarcity mechanics intact while altering throughput and node economics. The burden falls on node operators, whose upgrade deadline makes network coordination — not token demand — the near-term variable. Whether the price reaction holds through the activation, and whether node participation keeps pace with the deadline, is the open question.