SHIELD activating network upgrade on Mainnet went smoothly at block height 2700500 on January 30th, 2021.
All exchanges have upgraded their wallet to v5.0.1 to support the protocol bump also and are all operational.

This makes PIVX the very first full Proof of Stake cryptocurrency to have working zk-SNARKs zero knowledge proof transactions on mainnet!

PRESS RELEASE
https://coincodex.com/article/10498/user-financial-data-protection-coin-pivx-activated-shield-privacy-protocol-on-mainnet-january-30th-2021/preview/