eCash: Bitcoin hardfork activating Drivechains (BIP300/301) • Every BTC holder receives ECX 1:1 • On or around October 31, 2026
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Bitcoin Hard Fork: eCash Beta Is Live
Bitcoin's biggest limitation has always been change itself. New functionality means years of soft fork debate, while L1 stays intentionally frozen to protect the monetary base.
Drivechains (BIP 300/301) fix this: sidechains pegged to BTC, independent of L1. Succeed, and Bitcoin gains new utility and fee revenue. Fail, and L1 is untouched.
eCash is the first real network built on this model, and Alpha proved it. Hashrate hit 9.44 PH/s, 7 independent pools mined blocks, and the community shipped a bunch of tools unprompted:
1/ pecx.shop / peesex.shop - first pECX↔BTC AMM, built in days
2/ szats.world - pECX faucet, hit by proxy farmers within hours
3/ explorer.alpha.ecash.ninja - the first block explorer
4/ eCashPool & NurseryPool - community mining pools, one paying out in Thunder on principle
5/ ecashmeter.com - drivechain fee tracker, flipped live weeks early
6/ The eCash Splitter - official coin-splitting tool, GUI + CLI, shipped mid-alpha
New drivechains proposed. Blind merge mining tested live. Consensus bugs diagnosed by block height and root cause, faster than most funded eng teams manage.
Beta is now live: ecash.com/join
Beta improves the pECX burn rate 👉 1,000 pECX → 20 real ECX (up from 10 in Alpha)
The pECX tokens are in addition, not instead of the original 1:1 airdrop. Every BTC holder still gets ECX 1:1 at full launch on October 31 regardless. Burning pECX now is a bonus on top of that, extra ECX for showing up early.
Receiving and splitting:
Hold BTC non-custodially at the fork block, you get equal ECX automatically, nothing moves or converts. eCash uses opt-in protection, not built-in, so every wallet and exchange keeps working on day one, but that means until you split, moving BTC could move your ECX too.
Splitting is a one-time fix, three ways to do it, two are one-tap in official eCash software, the third uses standard Bitcoin tooling only.
BTC on an exchange? You can't split yourself. We're in touch with exchanges about crediting ECX, or you can withdraw to self-custody before Oct 31 and split it yourself.
👉 ecash.com/join
Today, developers have to convince Bitcoin a feature deserves to exist before the market gets to judge it.
Sidechains flip that. Build it first. Let users choose. If nobody wants it, it disappears.
Bitcoin Drivechains retweeted
The best way to ensure that you get these coins
Is to self custody your BTC
You should be doing that anyway!
BREAKING: New Bitcoin Fork
I am helping create a **new Bitcoin Hardfork** -- dropping this August, called "eCash".
- Your coins will split. For example, if you have 4.19 BTC, then you will get 4.19 eCash.
- You may sell your eCash -- or keep it. Or ignore it!
Vegas:
- Yes, I will be in Vegas next week.
- No, I won't mention this, on stage -- (that would be rude).
Our L1 Node...
- is a near-copy of Bitcoin Core.
- is Sha256d mined.
- forks via a one-time difficulty-reset -- to its minimum value. (So, mining will be crazy at first.)
- Yes, we will change the seed nodes, the name, the network magic, etc.
Codewise, the L1 will remain compatible with Bitcoin Core:
- We will continue to merge their changes (even the bad ones).
- The L1 will activate Bip300/301 via CUSF -- the core untouched soft fork. So, no lines of code will be changed, on the L1.
- The activation client will be published periodically (link below).
- We will do several bug bounty contests this summer.
- The client will be frozen 30 days prior to the fork.
Yes, there will be Drivechains:
- We have 7 in developement right now.
- Users can also submit their own.
- Drivechain is a vision of "competing L2s" -- this avoids the "dev capture" problem.
- These L2s are all Merged Mined. Miners automatically get free $.
- Our L2s are already capable of planetary scale, and onboarding 8 billion users.
- We also have a zCash-like L2, with strong privacy.
- Other L2s: Truthcoin (Prediction Markets), CoinShift (Decentralized Exchange), BitAssets (NFT etc), BitNames (Identity), Photon (Quantum Resistant).
Unlike BCH (the 2017 fork):
- There is no "Bitcoin" in the name. New name, new brand.
- You are getting advanced warning (4 months).
- We are replaying all txns (at first). We will release a coin-splitter tool.
- This is a permanent & sustainable fix to Bitcoin's problems (instead of a 1 MB to 8 MB temporary fix).
- Back in 2017, the BTC tech stack was strong, and expectations for Lightning were strong. Today, it is the reverse.
Video to follow.
Bitcoin Drivechains retweeted
ECX network support in a wallet you control
Tria provides self-custodial wallet support for ECX. Allocations are subject to the ECX project’s eligibility rules and terms.
Here’s what BTC holders should know: blogs.tria.so/en/ecx-support…
Bitcoin Drivechains retweeted
I have been warning of Bitcoin fatigue for many *years*, especially in my "post maximalism" essay (2018)
Unfortunately, few heeded my warnings. Now, the disaster has come to pass.
The fatigue is from:
- bs politics
- no soft fork upgrades
- lying to ourselves, constantly about lightning (et all)
- courting the NGU class (Saylor et al)
- courting the "toxic" class whilst not having our own act together
- hating on users (for example ordinals)
The sad truth is: Bitcoin has, in fact, been dying the last 10 years. Not economically or technically -- but culturally.
Will make a video on this ~tomorrow
The problems with Bitcoin are not technical. They’re cultural.
Core developers have become timid, self-interested, and lazy. Miners have abdicated their duty to maximize revenue and the utility of the coin.
Bitcoin has ossified, and it can’t be fixed from the inside. So we’re fixing it from the outside.
Between Proof of Work and Proof of Podcast lies a dimension where people actually ship.
Welcome to eCash.com
Bitcoin can’t ship new features. eCash solves Bitcoin’s upgrade bottleneck.
Shoutout to @TheBlockCo research team for breaking down how drivechains turn a Bitcoin hard fork into a permissionless testing ground, with 7 chains going live Oct 31.
Read the report: theblock.co/research/blockch…
Bitcoin Drivechains retweeted
1/ Just released: Our latest Research Primer looks at eCash, a Bitcoin hard fork that lets anyone propose new features as miner-secured drivechains.
Thank you to @BTCdrivechains for commissioning this report.
Key insights below:
Why build a sidechain on eCash?
• Your own rules, no base-layer debate
• Secured by miners through blind merged mining, so no new chain to bootstrap
• Miners earn fees from your chain, so they have a reason to back it
Prototype on Beta, then propose it: ecash.com/sidechains
Bitcoin Drivechains retweeted
REMINDER: New Bitcoin Hardfork **Oct 31** !
- After two successful test networks (Aug 23, Sept 20), the real network is ready to go.
- Full node software available NOW.
- Pre-trading (via a wrapped token) is LIVE.
Details below...
BREAKING: New Bitcoin Fork
I am helping create a **new Bitcoin Hardfork** -- dropping this August, called "eCash".
- Your coins will split. For example, if you have 4.19 BTC, then you will get 4.19 eCash.
- You may sell your eCash -- or keep it. Or ignore it!
Vegas:
- Yes, I will be in Vegas next week.
- No, I won't mention this, on stage -- (that would be rude).
Our L1 Node...
- is a near-copy of Bitcoin Core.
- is Sha256d mined.
- forks via a one-time difficulty-reset -- to its minimum value. (So, mining will be crazy at first.)
- Yes, we will change the seed nodes, the name, the network magic, etc.
Codewise, the L1 will remain compatible with Bitcoin Core:
- We will continue to merge their changes (even the bad ones).
- The L1 will activate Bip300/301 via CUSF -- the core untouched soft fork. So, no lines of code will be changed, on the L1.
- The activation client will be published periodically (link below).
- We will do several bug bounty contests this summer.
- The client will be frozen 30 days prior to the fork.
Yes, there will be Drivechains:
- We have 7 in developement right now.
- Users can also submit their own.
- Drivechain is a vision of "competing L2s" -- this avoids the "dev capture" problem.
- These L2s are all Merged Mined. Miners automatically get free $.
- Our L2s are already capable of planetary scale, and onboarding 8 billion users.
- We also have a zCash-like L2, with strong privacy.
- Other L2s: Truthcoin (Prediction Markets), CoinShift (Decentralized Exchange), BitAssets (NFT etc), BitNames (Identity), Photon (Quantum Resistant).
Unlike BCH (the 2017 fork):
- There is no "Bitcoin" in the name. New name, new brand.
- You are getting advanced warning (4 months).
- We are replaying all txns (at first). We will release a coin-splitter tool.
- This is a permanent & sustainable fix to Bitcoin's problems (instead of a 1 MB to 8 MB temporary fix).
- Back in 2017, the BTC tech stack was strong, and expectations for Lightning were strong. Today, it is the reverse.
Video to follow.
Bitcoin hasn't shipped a meaningful upgrade since Taproot in 2021. So on October 31, Bitcoin's 18th birthday, it's being hard forked.
eCash ($ECX) is a Bitcoin hard fork that activates Drivechains (BIP300/301): opt-in sidechains for payments, privacy, prediction markets, and more. Same history, same addresses, same SHA-256 proof of work, plus the upgrade Bitcoin never merged. If a sidechain succeeds, miners earn new fee revenue. If it fails, the base layer is unaffected.
At the fork block (~973,728), every self-custodied BTC balance is credited ECX 1:1. No claim, no sign-up. Your BTC stays on Bitcoin, untouched.
After the fork, a normal transaction can be valid on both networks, so spending your BTC could also spend your ECX. Splitting separates the coins so each moves on its own.
Holding BTC in self-custody? Here's how to split, wallet by wallet: ecash.com/split
Follow the blocks. Find your transaction. See the network in action.
Take a look inside eCash 👉 explorer.beta.ecash.ninja/
Bitcoin Drivechains retweeted
🔑 Can Bitcoin Become Programmable?
@BTCdrivechains forks Bitcoin to add what the base chain lacks — on-chain apps such as prediction markets, private payments, and token issuance, spread across seven dedicated sidechains.
At the late-October fork, every BTC holder receives matching ECX, while their BTC stays untouched.
Full breakdown in our research:👇
cryptorank.io/insights/resea…
Payments. Privacy. Digital identity. Prediction markets.
See what the eCash sidechains are building and find your next test ride before mainnet on October 31.
👉 ecash.com/sidechains/
