Zcash Vote: Who Can Take Part and How to Vote

You are entitled to take part in the Zcash vote on NU7 if, on 24 August 2026 at around 19:00 UTC, you held spendable shielded ZEC in the Ironwood pool of a wallet of your own. Anyone who had nothing there at that moment can no longer change it before the voting window closes on 14 September at 19:00 UTC, however much Zcash (ZEC) they buy today. There is a relief in the other direction that many overlook: anyone who was eligible on the cut-off date may move, sell or reallocate their coins afterwards without losing the right to vote. In the words of the organisers: "If you have spendable funds in Ironwood at that height, your ZEC is eligible even if you move your funds after the snapshot."

That is the practical core of a process on which almost nothing has been written in English so far. On 22 August we explained what ZEC holders are voting on. The question that has arisen since is a different one: who is allowed to vote and how it works technically. The text below answers it step by step, names the points where the primary source and the trade press contradict each other, and draws the line beyond which the vote no longer changes anything.

Who may take part in the Zcash vote: the three conditions at the snapshot block