Merge pull request #45 from zecdev/zcashd-eol

Update Zcashd End-of-Life information (6.20.0 halted at block 3417100)

Author: pacu

src/components/ZcashdEolTimeline.jsx

@@ -25,13 +25,12 @@ const MILESTONES = [
     detail: 'NU6.3-ready node releases are published for mainnet.',
   },
   {
-    ts: Date.UTC(2026, 6, 18),
-    date: '~July 18th, 2026',
-    estimated: true,
+    ts: Date.UTC(2026, 6, 18, 22, 51, 43),
+    date: 'July 18th, 2026',
     title: 'zcashd End-of-Support halt',
     detail:
-      'At mainnet block 3,417,100 every remaining zcashd binary ' +
-      'automatically shuts down and refuses to restart.',
+      'At mainnet block 3,417,100 (mined 22:51 UTC) every remaining zcashd ' +
+      'binary shut down and refused to restart.',
   },
   {
     ts: Date.UTC(2026, 6, 28),

src/content/zcash-z3/index.mdx

@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ Zaino, an indexer developed by ZingoLabs. ZODL would be in charge of
 developing the full-node wallet that would connect to Zaino and Zebra, called 
 Zallet.
 
-Zcashd deprecation is a cross-team ecosystem-wide effort which is targeted for
-end of July of 2026. 
+Zcashd deprecation was a cross-team ecosystem-wide effort, and it is now
+complete: the final Zcashd release, **6.20.0**, reached its End-of-Life halt at
+block 3417100 on July 18th 2026, and Zcash consensus now runs on the Z3 stack.
+See the [Zcashd End-of-Life](/zcash-z3/zcashd_cycle) page for details.
 
 ## Zcashd Deprecation is now Z^3
 
@@ -32,11 +34,11 @@ contributing section.
 
 # Migration Guide: moving off Zcashd
 
-> ## ⚠️ Zcashd is shutting down
+> ## ⚠️ Zcashd has shut down
 >
-> `zcashd` is **deprecated**, will **not** support NU6.3, and its
-> **End-of-Support halt** is estimated for **July 18th 2026** at block height
-> 3417100, after which every `zcashd` node automatically shuts down.
+> `zcashd` is **deprecated** and does **not** support NU6.3. Its
+> **End-of-Support halt** occurred at block height 3417100, mined on **July 18th
+> 2026 (22:51 UTC)**, after which every `zcashd` node automatically shuts down.
 > See the [Zcashd End-of-Life page](/zcash-z3/zcashd_cycle) for the full timeline.
 
 <ZcashdEolTimeline />
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ ready today.**
 
 ## If you rely on the Zcashd wallet CLI
 
-The Zcashd wallet is deprecated and will cease to run on July 18th 2026. 
+The Zcashd wallet is deprecated and stopped running on July 18th 2026. 
 
 You should migrate to [Zallet](https://github.com/zcash/zallet), the replacement
 for the Zcashd full-node wallet, developed entirely in RustLang by

src/content/zcash-z3/resources.mdx

@@ -49,10 +49,12 @@ the entire blockchain from scratch.
 ## Legacy (Zcashd) 
 
 Zcashd is the originary consensus node for Zcash. Forked from Bitcoin-core in 2015,
-Zcashd has gone through six Network Upgrades and has been the main consensus node
-since the Zcash network was deployed in October 28th 2016. It's currently being
-deprecated and will soon be replaced by Zebra when Network Upgrade 6.3 (NU6.3) is
-deployed on July 28th, 2026.
+Zcashd has gone through several Network Upgrades and was the main consensus node
+since the Zcash network was deployed in October 28th 2016. It has now reached
+End-of-Life: the final release, 6.20.0, halted at block 3417100 on July 18th 2026,
+ahead of the NU6.3 ("Ironwood") network upgrade that it does not support, which is
+deployed on July 28th, 2026. Zcash consensus now runs on Zebra. See the
+[Zcashd End-of-Life notice](https://zcash.github.io/zcash/user/end-of-life.html).
 
 ZODL Engineers will be posting updates on this website:
 https://z.cash/support/zcashd-deprecation/

src/content/zcash-z3/zcashd_cycle.mdx

@@ -2,15 +2,16 @@ import { ZcashdEolTimeline } from '../../components/ZcashdEolTimeline'
 
 # Zcashd End-of-Life
 
-> ## ⚠️ `zcashd` is reaching its End of Life
+> ## ⚠️ `zcashd` has reached its End of Life
 >
-> `zcashd` is **deprecated** and will **not** support NU6.3.
+> `zcashd` is **deprecated** and does **not** support NU6.3.
 > **If you do not need the `zcashd` wallet, migrate to [Zebra](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra) now.**
-> If you depend on the `zcashd` wallet, start testing [Zallet](https://zcash.github.io/zallet/)
-> migrating your `wallet.dat` as soon as possible. The binary's **End-of-Support halt** is
-> estimated for **July 18th 2026** at block height 3417100, after which every `zcashd` node
-> automatically shuts down.
+> If you depend on the `zcashd` wallet, migrate your `wallet.dat` to
+> [Zallet](https://zcash.github.io/zallet/) as soon as possible. The binary's
+> **End-of-Support halt** occurred at block height 3417100, mined on **July 18th
+> 2026 at 22:51 UTC**, after which every `zcashd` node automatically shuts down
+> and refuses to restart.
 
 See [Zcash'd book chapter](https://zcash.github.io/zcash/user/end-of-life.html) on Zcashd EOL.
 
-<ZcashdEolTimeline />
+<ZcashdEolTimeline />