Zcash has surged about 125% over the past month, driving miner revenue higher and pushing the network's hashrate to record levels. The privacy coin added another 18% today, leaving bitcoin mining as the second-most profitable PoW activity behind ZEC.
Ecash is rolling out Avalanche pre-consensus to deliver near-instant finality for XEC transactions, marking the first time a proof-of-work network has adopted this mechanism. The upgrade aims to speed payments and lower double-spend risk for merchants and users.