Cryptocurrency-driven privacy Zcash announced the release of its first network update, Zcash Overwinter.

The blog says that Overwinter, the update "software-updates-required" will be supported as of April 2018, on version 1.1.0 of zcashd. The launch of the Overwinter master channel update is scheduled for June 25, 2018. Overwinter will allow the team to perform the first Zcash Sapling core protocol upgrade, which is expected to be up and running. September 2018, according to the Zcash Roadmap Report. ]

"The goal of Overwinter is to strengthen the protocol for future network upgrades, paving the way for the Zcash Sapling network upgrade later in the year" .

The team reports that the Overwinter software will include new features such as transaction expiration, version control, replay transaction protection for network upgrades, and general enhancements for transparency of transactions. the users must do to be part of the network update is to keep their software up to date, stating:

"There is no need to do anything other than keep your Zcash sof tware updated.This network update should not result in a fork of the blockchain or the creation of a new currency. "

Launched Oct. 28 2016, the Zcash altcoin (ZEC) allows its users to perform anonymous transactions via a zero-knowledge cryptography method called zk-SNARKs, which trades at around $ 394 and ranks at the 24th rank of the 100 CoinMarketCap cryptocurrencies with a market capitalization of 1.3 billion dollars.

Earlier in February 2018, Cointelegraph reported that the Crypto Grayscale Investments Fund was publishing a report predicting that the ZEC price could reach $ 62,000 by 2025, if the coin represents 10% of all offshore wealth at this time. ]