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Shielded Labs has raised the prospect of a delay to Zcash's Ironwood upgrade, warning that exchanges, mining pools, and wallets may need more time to complete the Z3 software migration before the network change can safely proceed.
The organization's public statement puts infrastructure readiness — not any flaw in the protocol code — at the center of the hold-up. No revised activation date was specified.
The Readiness Gap Shielded Labs Identified Shielded Labs' concern is operational: the third-party operators that form Zcash's infrastructure base may not be ready by the current schedule.
Exchanges need updated software to correctly handle Zcash transactions after a network upgrade. Mining pools must be running compatible code or risk building on the wrong chain.
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