This Friday, Bitcoin developer Paul Sztorc, the driving force behind Drivechains (BIP-300), reported that he will launch eCash, a new hard fork of the Bitcoin network. The news sparked an intense debate in the crypto community after it was confirmed that the project plans to manually reassign Satoshi Nakamoto’s tokens to incentivize new investors and collaborators—a move Sztorc justifies as necessary to prevent the protocol from becoming a “zombie” project without funding.
Important: I've also devised a way that some can *invest* in this hardfork, now, before the fork-date, in August:
– Satoshi has 1.1M coins in the so called "patoshi" pattern.
– We will be manually reassigning some of these coins (fewer than half) to investors today.This will…
— Paul Sztorc (@Truthcoin) April 24, 2026
This initiative marks a turning point, as eCash will natively integrate sidechain technology to facilitate scalability and the use of DeFi tools with BTC. Unlike other projects with the same name, such as David Chaum’s precursor or the current XEC token, this version seeks to capitalize on the seven drivechains that the team currently has under development. The ultimate goal is to allow massive access to the ecosystem without depending on complex external layers.
The launch of the new hard fork is scheduled for approximately 119 days from now; meanwhile, the market cautiously observes this movement, which challenges the historical immutability of Satoshi’s balances. The success of eCash will depend on the adoption of its drivechains and whether the community validates this redistribution of assets as a necessary evil for the technical evolution of Bitcoin.
Source:https://x.com/Truthcoin/status/2047647106739953692
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