u/melte_d

Ironwood is officially live.

Quick summary:

• Migration to the new shielded pool is complete.
• The legacy shielded pool has been retired.
• The network returns to a single shielded pool, making future maintenance and development much simpler.
• The accounting model introduced with Ironwood addresses the uncertainty left after the Orchard vulnerability disclosure.

It's not a flashy upgrade, but it's one of those protocol changes that makes future features easier to build.

With Ironwood out of the way, the roadmap can move back toward things like ZSA, better wallet support, and private stablecoins.

More details: https://www.kucoin.com/blog/zcash-ironwood-nu6-3-shielded-pool-migration