Bitcoin just forked. eCash (ECX) is live. A decade of sidechain research. A decade of “not on L1.” Today, Drivechains activate. Yesterday, building on Bitcoin meant lobbying for a soft fork. Today, you can just build. Seven sidechains launch on day one. If one fails, L1 doesn’t notice. If you self-custodied $BTC at the fork, you just received $ECX. Split your coins before you move your BTC.

⚡️eCash (ECX) Mainnet Goes Live Today @BTCDrivechains is a Bitcoin hard fork that adds Drivechains: opt-in sidechains for privacy, scaling and experimentation, without changing Bitcoin’s rules. BTC holders receive ECX 1:1 at the fork. @NeoxaPortal, @CoinWOfficial, @sideshiftai, @orca_so, and GMO Coin support ECX trading and launch distribution: 👉

Your BTC is getting forked tomorrow. Learn how to access your $ECX, split your $BTC safely, and avoid donating your coins to some Telegram goblin. No claim forms. No panic. Just replay protection. 🔗

Exchange PSA: Split your coins asap, otherwise you will probably lose some/all ECX, to transaction replay ! The split guide: Those exchanges that are slow to implement replay protection, are facing a potential nightmare. Of course, given that... - I explained this >6 months ago - There were two whole, live, test networks to practice on - There was already one big delay ...I'm not sure how much sympathy we should have. If you don't care about your ECX, then I can't force you to care! It's your net worth that will go down, not mine. Roughly 30 hours to go!

Wrapped eCash (WECX) on the Solana network has been listed on SideShift. Bitcoin with drivechains. Forks at block 973,728 (est. 29 Oct, 16:33 UTC). Holders can unwrap WECX to ECX after Oct 31. Shift now →

Identified. Disclosed. Addressed. #Custody# security doesn’t stop at the supported-asset list. Our team uncovered a cross-network replay risk that could have affected eCash mainnet (@BTCdrivechains) and coordinated its disclosure ahead of a protocol-level fix. Read the full analysis by our Chief Strategy Officer,@LewinBoehnke 👉

Why did @Truthcoin turn against Bitcoin maximalism? Paul joined the @CRYPTO101Pod to discuss that plus: • The problems with Lightning • Why Bitcoin needs better Layer 2 solutions • Sidechain security and the Liquid exploit • Drivechains and the future of Bitcoin scalability • The eCash fork Full episode:

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:

Bitcoin Hard Fork: eCash Alpha Is Live Bitcoin's biggest limitation has always been change itself.  New functionality means years of soft fork debate, while the L1 stays intentionally frozen to protect the monetary base. Drivechains (BIP 300/301) solve this by letting developers build sidechains pegged to BTC, independent of L1. If a sidechain succeeds, Bitcoin gains new utility and fee revenue. If it fails, L1 is untouched. eCash is the first real network built on this model, and today, Alpha goes live. This is the first of three stages leading to full launch on October 31, 2026: - Alpha: ~Aug 23, 2026 (Block 963,648) - Beta: ~Sept 20, 2026 (Block 967,680) - Full Release: ~Oct 31, 2026 (Block 973,728) What you can do today: With the launch of Alpha, the eCash network activates and everyday users can actively acquire, use, and burn pECX for real ECX. If you're holding BTC in a wallet you control, you're eligible to acquire pECX today. Download the software and claim your pECX here: The eCash mobile app for iOS and Android is coming soon. Stay tuned. How the math works: pECX isn't 1:1 with real ECX. To convert it to real ECX, you burn it in batches of at least 1,000: 👉 1,000 pECX → 10 real ECX pECX is a rehearsal asset, not a discounted pre-purchase of ECX. Its value comes entirely from the fixed burn rate above, not from holding it. The burn window for the Alpha stage closes September 19, 2026. The rate gets better in Beta (1,000 pECX → 20 ECX), so there's no rush to burn early, but don't sit on it past the deadline. Full, permanent ECX will launch around October 31 at block 973,728. 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. Get familiar with the mechanics now - the more pECX you accumulate, the more real ECX you can claim when you burn it.

If your BTC is on an exchange, whether you receive $ECX at the fork is entirely up to them. @coinbase holds ~970K BTC on behalf of its users. @binance holds ~665K BTC. Every one of those users gets $ECX, but only if those exchanges decide to credit them. Vote for the exchange you want $ECX listed on. Every vote and email lands on that exchange’s desk. Refusing to credit BTC holders is a choice, and it’s one their users notice. Tell your exchange what you want:

today's the day In just a few hours, we're going live with Paul Sztorc (@Truthcoin), Co-Founder & CEO of LayerTwo Labs and Founder of @BTCdrivechains We'll discuss: Bitcoin eCash hard fork Coin split for BTC holders Satoshi-linked coins Live Q&A 📅 Today, August 3 🕕 18:00 Kyiv (EEST) 🌍 Stream in English 📍 Live here on X and YouTube 👇

Episode 2 0:00 - Coldcard & the Bitcoin Affinity Scam 4:30 - How could ECX possibly outcompete Bitcoin Core? 5:15 - "Core Copycat" (ECX L1 = Bitcoin Core) 7:20 - The Core Untouched Soft Fork 8:00 - Preeminence of *Error Correction* 9:40 - The Cattle Prod 10:10 - Ladders / The Bitcoin Endgame 15:00 - Getting to 8 Billion Users