Privacy-focused Zcash blockchain has not produced a block for four hours
The Zcash blockchain didn't produce new blocks for more than four hours on June 3....
Key takeaways
- 1Zcash blockchain stopped producing blocks for over four hours on June 3, 2026, halting all transaction confirmations.
- 2Block production froze at block 3,364,601 after 5:27 AM UTC; normally Zcash adds blocks every 75 seconds.
- 3ZEC token surged 8% weekly and 46% monthly despite the outage; Zcash made no public statement on the issue.
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Why it matters
This rare technical failure highlights network reliability risks even for established cryptocurrencies, affecting investor confidence in blockchain stability. For Indian retail investors, such outages demonstrate that privacy-focused coins like Zcash face operational risks that could impact trading and transaction settlement.
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