The Horizen community votes to remove shielded pools from the Horizen main chain

01/12 00:48

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The Horizen community has voted to approve ZenIP 42207, with 99.97% of votes supporting the proposal to remove the shielded pool from the Horizen main chain. The proposal is a response to the changing regulatory environment for privacy tokens and reaffirms Horizen's strategic pivot away from privacy-centric features.

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