Zcash (ZEC) reached $888, its highest price since 2018, and remained near $844 after gaining more than 70% in a week, according to HTX market data cited by BlockBeats on Aug. 25. The Zcash community is conducting an approximately 18-day, privacy-preserving vote on the scope of the upcoming NU7 upgrade. Participation requires at least 1 million ZEC, with voting power based on spendable, shielded ZEC held in the Ironwood pool at a snapshot expected on Aug. 24 at 19:00 UTC, around mainnet block height 3,459,350. Voting opened on Aug. 25 and will close on Sept. 14 at 19:00 UTC. Votes can be cast privately through supported wallets including Zodl, Vizor, Zkool and Keystone hardware wallets, while only aggregated results will be published for the community and developers to consider.