{"id":92047,"date":"2025-12-10T17:53:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T14:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=92047"},"modified":"2025-12-10T17:55:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T14:55:22","slug":"zcash-developers-propose-dynamic-fee-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/zcash-developers-propose-dynamic-fee-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Zcash Developers Propose Dynamic Fee System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Zcash development team has <a href=\"https:\/\/fees.shieldedinfra.net\/#proposal\">unveiled<\/a> a plan to introduce dynamic fees. This new system aims to protect users from network unavailability due to rising transaction costs amid the appreciation of <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-zcash-zec\">ZEC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Until now, fees in the network were fixed\u2014initially at 10,000 <span data-descr=\"the smallest unit of measurement in Zcash, similar to satoshi for Bitcoin\" class=\"old_tooltip\">zats<\/span>, then reduced to 1,000 zats. This allowed malicious actors to overload the blockchain and user wallets with cheap transactions.<\/p>\n<p>The update <span data-descr=\"Zcash Improvement Proposal\" class=\"old_tooltip\">ZIP<\/span>-317 partially addressed the issue by basing fee calculations on actions rather than their size. However, fees remained low.<\/p>\n<p>As the price of ZEC increased, even regular transfers became significantly more expensive. Anonymizing large volumes of small payments could cost dozens of tokens.<\/p>\n<p>The new mechanism proposes:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>calculation from the median\u2014the base fee will be determined as the median value of fees for actions in the last 50 blocks;<\/li>\n<li>privacy protection\u2014fees will be rounded to the tenth degree to complicate the analysis of specific user activity;<\/li>\n<li>priority queue\u2014during high load periods, a temporary channel with a fee ten times the base will allow urgent transactions to enter the block faster.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Developers suggested implementing the system in three phases. Initially, it will operate in a test mode for data collection and analysis. Then, it will be available for anyone to try.<\/p>\n<p>Only after thorough discussion and confirmation of its effectiveness can the mechanism be adopted as a consensus change in the protocol.<\/p>\n<p>Among other proposed ideas is linking fees to mining difficulty to stabilize them in dollar terms.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ZEC Dynamics<\/h2>\n<p>The initiative has boosted the ZEC rate\u2014the price jumped by 12%. At the time of writing, the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-privacy-coins\">anonymous coin<\/a> is trading at $433. Over the past week, the token has gained 25%.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-303499e983d22272-594494945623362-1024x600.png\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-271494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-303499e983d22272-594494945623362-1024x600.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-303499e983d22272-594494945623362-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-303499e983d22272-594494945623362-768x450.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-303499e983d22272-594494945623362-1536x899.png 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-303499e983d22272-594494945623362.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hourly chart of ZEC\/USDT on Binance. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/ru.tradingview.com\/chart\/?symbol=BINANCE%3AZECUSDT\">TradingView<\/a>. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, current quotes are significantly below the local highs reached in mid-November <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/analysts-warn-zcash-could-plunge-after-a-1500-surge\">above $720<\/a>. Since then, the private coin sector has corrected\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-monero-xmr\">Monero<\/a> has once again surpassed Zcash in market capitalization.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-57fe01d90757eae2-594508928682876-1024x222.png\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-271495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-57fe01d90757eae2-594508928682876-1024x222.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-57fe01d90757eae2-594508928682876-300x65.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-57fe01d90757eae2-594508928682876-768x167.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-57fe01d90757eae2-594508928682876-1536x333.png 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-57fe01d90757eae2-594508928682876.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Top 3 anonymous cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/categories\/privacy-coins\">CoinGecko<\/a>. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Analysts from the crypto exchange Toobit commented to ForkLog that regulatory pressure has been a factor in the correction:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;More countries are implementing <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/travel-rule-comes-into-force-in-the-united-kingdom\"><em>Travel Rule<\/em><\/a><em> standards. Some centralized exchanges have also delisted coins like Monero and Zcash; rules akin to <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-markets-in-crypto-assets-mica\"><em>MiCA<\/em><\/a><em>\/<span data-descr=\"a new EU regulation setting unified strict anti-money laundering rules\" class=\"old_tooltip\">AMLR<\/span> have created challenges for supporting fully private assets on CEX.&#8221; <\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Experts believe that further tightening will hinder the sector&#8217;s growth. For anonymous cryptocurrencies to recover and grow, three conditions must be met simultaneously:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>stronger real-world use of private payments;<\/li>\n<li>easing of regulatory pressure;<\/li>\n<li>a new powerful trigger that will make the market reassess the value of privacy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In early December, crypto enthusiast Crypto Bitlord <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/crypto-pundit-brands-zcash-rally-the-most-successful-scam-in-crypto-history\">called<\/a> the ZEC rally &#8220;the most successful scam in cryptocurrency history.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Later, Arkham specialists <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/arkham-unveils-over-half-of-zcash-transactions\">de-anonymized<\/a> more than half of the transactions in Zcash. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Zcash development team has unveiled a plan to introduce dynamic fees to protect users from network unavailability due to rising transaction costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Zcash team proposes dynamic fees to counter rising transaction costs.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[513,202],"class_list":["post-92047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-monero","tag-zcash"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"192","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Zcash team proposes dynamic fees to counter rising transaction costs.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92047"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92049,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92047\/revisions\/92049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}