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Paul Sztorc announced eCash, a new Bitcoin hard fork dropping in August 2026, with a 1:1 BTC coin split for holders. The fork activates BIP300/301 Drivechains, targeting 8 billion users across 7 Layer 2 chains in development. Sztorc plans to freeze the client 30 days before the fork and run bug bounty contests through summer 2025. Sztorc Announces eCash Hard Fork Four Months Out, Sets 30-Day Code Freeze Before August LaunchBIP300 and BIP301 will activate through CUSF, the “core untouched soft fork” mechanism, meaning no lines of code on the L1 will be modified. The activation client will be published periodically and frozen 30 days before the scheduled fork date. Several bug bounty contests are planned for the summer ahead of launch.
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