Zcash is about to freeze $16 million in its oldest privacy pool
COINDESK · NEW YORK — About 12,200 ZEC remains in Sprout, the privacy pool Zcash launched in 2016. Roughly 10,000 coins have left over the past week, but only about 40 moved out Wednesday.
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- 05 November 2026 · 05:47 UTC
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- 05 November 2026 · 06:00 UTC
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