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eCash ECXBitcoin, with Drivechains.

A Bitcoin hard fork for BIP300/301.

What is eCash?

Estimated time to mainnet · next Bitcoin difficulty adjustment

7
days
:
06
hours
:
44
minutes
:
21
seconds
BTC block 973,728 · last recorded: 1,088 blocks remaining
Last recorded estimate: 30 Oct 2026, 00:41 UTCThe fork is tied to the block height. The estimated date changes with Bitcoin block times.
✓
Alpha
23rd august 2026
block 963,648
✓
Beta
19th september 2026
block 967,680
3
Mainnet
next difficulty adjustment
block 973,728
[ at block 973,728 (mainnet), every btc address receives permanent $ECX 1:1 ]
download ecash wallet ↗how to claim $ECX
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mempool 24.1mb · 8,302 txs●btc block 972,640 (last recorded)●bip-300 · bip-301●peer-to-peer electronic cash · again●hardfork · at the next bitcoin difficulty adjustment●mempool 24.1mb · 8,302 txs●btc block 972,640 (last recorded)●bip-300 · bip-301●peer-to-peer electronic cash · again●hardfork · at the next bitcoin difficulty adjustment●
the fork
activation block
973,728
next difficulty adjustment
ecash per btc
1:1
no claim, no form
bip
300·301
drivechains + blind merged mining
the airdrop

at block 973,728 (mainnet, at the next Bitcoin difficulty adjustment), every bitcoin address is credited with permanent $ECX, one for one. alpha and beta are separate rehearsals; mainnet starts from a fresh bitcoin snapshot. no claim, no form, no snapshot registration. wallet access and replay protection still matter.

your BTC is untouched. eCash is a new chain that starts from bitcoin's ledger, and adds what bitcoin can't. what to expect → Read about accessing ECX and coin splitting.

problem

bitcoin has
ossified

no meaningful upgrade has shipped since taproot in 2021. every proposal dies in review. that's good for stability, and fatal for progress.

eCash forks bitcoin to ship drivechains: opt-in sidechains for privacy, scale and experimentation, without touching the main chain's rules. why hardfork →

2009genesis, peer-to-peer electronic cash
2017segwit, the last contested upgrade
2021taproot, the last soft fork, period
2026ecash, the fork that ships sidechains
block 973,728 · mainnet · at the next bitcoin difficulty adjustment

at block 973,728, every btc address is credited $ECX 1:1.

tweaks

target · BTC block 973,728 · difficulty adjustment