## Zebra Ándale: The Fastest Zebra Yet :: The Zcash Foundation has introduced Zebra Ándale, an experimental performance release focused on faster block processing, improved mining pool support, and more efficient node operations. :: Built in response to feedback from miners and node operators at Zcon7, Ándale brings significant improvements across the mining workflow. :: :: Key Highlights :: - 9.6× faster block acceptance — Prepared mixed blocks processed in just 17 ms, compared to 164 ms on Zebra 7.0.0 and 65 ms on Zakura v1.7.0. :: - 124× faster template updates — A 1.9 MB transaction burst now reaches a block template in about 4 seconds, down from over 8 minutes. :: - Faster block propagation — Compact block relay can reduce transmission from approximately 2 MB to 20 KB when peers already have the transactions. :: - Improved mining performance — Pre-validated blocks avoid redundant verification, while miners receive faster responses when submitting solved blocks. :: - Better resource efficiency — Full verification is 2.6× faster, with roughly one-third less peak memory usage and up to 2× RPC throughput for a single client. :: :: What’s Next? :: Zebra Ándale is an alpha release, available for testing ahead of the stable 7.1.0 version. :: Miners, mining pools, and node operators are encouraged to test the improvements and share feedback with the Zcash Foundation. :: 🔸 Read more (https://zfnd.org/zebra-andale-the-fastest-zebra-yet/) ::(Historical earnings: For fiscal 2026 full year (period ended 2026-09-03), Micron reported basic EPS of 75.38, diluted EPS of 74.33, net income of USD 84.969 billion, and revenue of USD 133.188 billion. Consensus expectations: For the next upcoming period (2026Q4, event date 2026-09-30), consensus expects EPS of 32.5625.)