Zcash developers release Zakura Common to speed private transactions
Zcash (ZEC)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
cryptocurrency.com.tr reports that Zcash developers have released a new open-source cryptography toolkit called Zakura Common, designed to accelerate private transactions on the network. The developers state that these new tools could reduce transaction creation times from over three seconds to under 200 milliseconds. This improvement makes shielded ZEC transfers more than 14 times faster on mobile devices. The announcement highlights the technical upgrade aimed at enhancing the speed of privacy-focused transfers.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for ZEC, measured when this story was written up on 31 August 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
Zcash is trading at $835.29 with a 24-hour buy ratio of 52.0%, indicating that buying pressure has slightly outweighed selling over the full day. However, shorter-term activity shows a shift, with the 1-hour buy ratio at 37.6% and the 4-hour ratio at 39.3%, suggesting that immediate buying momentum is fading compared to the daily average. Volume delta reflects this short-term hesitation, showing net outflows of -$1,138,733 in the last hour and -$6,155,017 over four hours. The buy ratio represents the proportion of trades executed by buyers versus sellers, while volume delta measures the net value of those trades, indicating whether more money is flowing in or out of the asset.
The latest daily buy ratio of 52.9% sits at the 82nd percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 50.2% - stronger buying than most days.
Twenty-four hours later
What ZEC did over the 23 hours after the story broke. The market moves for its own reasons; this is what happened, not what the story caused.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for ZEC, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the average buy ratio was 50.2%, meaning today’s 24-hour ratio of 52.0% is 1.9 percentage points higher than the weekly norm. Despite this slight increase in buying intent, spot volume was only 0.77 times the average, indicating lower-than-normal trading activity. The coin saw net buying on 5 of the past 7 days, but the total volume delta for the period was -$1,466,360, showing that sellers have dominated the weekly flow. This is an ordinary day in terms of buying sentiment but unusual for its subdued volume relative to the weekly baseline.