Zcash developers have officially released the Udon component into Zakura Common, a shared cryptographic library that serves as the backbone for Zakura and other Zcash projects. The technical milestone marks the initial phase of Project Tachyon, a major scalability upgrade plan led by Sean Bowe. Dev Ojha’s Valar Group is also co-developing Zakura alongside Bowe’s team. Although Udon has rolled out as software code, the upgrade has not yet been activated on the Zcash mainnet.
Deploying the Udon component carries one primary mission: pursuing Project Tachyon’s long-term goal of processing more than 50,000 private payments per second. Operating the network at 50,000 TPS would require every Zcash node to process a data stream exceeding 500 megabytes per second - a massive data-processing burden for standard node-running computers.
Proof Aggregation Solution
Tachyon implements a mechanism to combine proofs from multiple payments simultaneously to prevent bottlenecks caused by data transfer loads. Through proof aggregation techniques, the system bundles multiple proofs into a single entity rather than requiring nodes to verify each transaction individually. This process leaves each node with significantly less data to verify, keeping the network lightweight.
Zakura Common cuts proof generation time from over three seconds down to under 200 milliseconds in several tests. Although Udon software code is now in the library, a replacement data dissemination mechanism called Rotor remains a separate future upgrade - the component is not included in the current release.
Engine Capacity Contrasts with Adoption
The infrastructure’s 50,000 transactions per second readiness stands in stark contrast to Zcash’s current adoption levels. Network data from tracking service ZecStats shows that transaction volume involving private (shielded) funds shrank toward the end of September. The network logged an average of 11,700 shielded transactions per day in the week leading up to September 21, before dropping to around 6,200 transactions per day over the seven-day period ending September 28.
A figure of 6,200 transactions per day equates to an average speed of about one shielded transaction every seven seconds. Despite the slowdown in transaction activity, users continue to hold their coins in private pools. Approximately 4.9 million ZEC sat within the shielded pool as of September 28, representing 28.9% of the total circulating token supply.
Zcash’s network capacity far exceeds its current user traffic. However, developers are prioritizing the technological groundwork ahead of any potential explosion in data processing demand. Reported by CoinDesk.
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