# When will zcash mainnet will be released?

**URL:** <https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/when-will-zcash-mainnet-will-be-released/556>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [April 26, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/when-will-zcash-mainnet-will-be-released/556 "2016-04-26T01:50:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![keepwalking1234](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/977dab/32.png) [@keepwalking1234](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/keepwalking1234)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/when-will-zcash-mainnet-will-be-released/556/1 "2016-04-26T01:50:14Z")

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when will zcash mainnet will be released?

thanks!

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**Author:** ![squawka](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/squawka/32/244_2.png) [@squawka](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/squawka)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 8:11am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/when-will-zcash-mainnet-will-be-released/556/2 "2016-04-26T08:11:26Z")

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Sometime in Q3 of 2016 I believe was the original plan, I am unaware of any changes to this timeline

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**Author:** ![LiteCoinGuy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/litecoinguy/32/142_2.png) [@LiteCoinGuy](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/LiteCoinGuy)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/when-will-zcash-mainnet-will-be-released/556/3 "2016-04-26T16:01:20Z")

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i read that the plan is to launch it in July

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**Author:** ![AltcoinNotify](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/altcoinnotify/32/181_2.png) [@AltcoinNotify](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/AltcoinNotify)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/when-will-zcash-mainnet-will-be-released/556/4 "2016-04-26T18:16:17Z")

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On [Github](https://github.com/zcash/zcash/milestones) the “1.0 Launch” milestone has a due date of September 5th, 2016

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**Author:** ![LiteCoinGuy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/litecoinguy/32/142_2.png) [@LiteCoinGuy](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/LiteCoinGuy)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/when-will-zcash-mainnet-will-be-released/556/5 "2016-04-27T16:48:44Z")

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thx, didnt see that.

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**Author:** ![ebfull](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/ebfull/32/34_2.png) [@ebfull](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/ebfull)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/when-will-zcash-mainnet-will-be-released/556/6 "2016-05-04T17:55:52Z")

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We have a blog post coming soon which should clear this up. 🙂