Zcash developers set January target for quantum-resistant payments after ‘bunker mode’ scare

Zcash users who use the transparent payment pool are the ones most directly affected, because that pool holds 70.4% of issued supply and the planned change is aimed at that payment path. Wallet checks for those addresses are meant to stay from exposing which addresses are linked together, so the practical effect is on how those balances are handled and viewed. This is the part that would show up first to people using or watching public Zcash payments tomorrow morning.

In practice, the stated target is an added signature system for January, while no mainnet activation date has been set. That means the plan is for a specific payment layer, not a confirmed network-wide switch, and the wallet tool is meant to sit alongside balance checks rather than replace them. What changes is the security approach being prepared for that payment flow; what is not changed yet is the live network status.

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The move was larger before the first headline than after. That is an observation, not an explanation: the market also moves on things nobody publishes.