Paul Sztorc, the developer who first proposed the Bitcoin sidechain ‘Drivechain’, announced via his X (formerly Twitter) that he plans to launch a new Bitcoin hard fork ‘eCash’ in August. He explained, “Through this hard fork, Bitcoin holders will be distributed an equal amount of coins. For example, a holder of 4.19 BTC will receive 4.19 eCash.” He added, “eCash’s Layer 1 node is close to a copy of Bitcoin Core and is mined using the SHA-256d method. It will also maintain compatibility with Bitcoin Core in terms of code,” and “We also plan to launch ‘Drivechain’, a sidechain designed to introduce programming capabilities to Bitcoin, alongside eCash.”
