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Zcash Network Down for 4 Hours, No New Blocks Produced

The Zcash network has been down for the past 4 hours, with no new blocks produced. Analysts suggest that this network outage may be related to the emergency patch upgrade for the Orchard shielded pool vulnerability on June 2. (Solid Intel)

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