Bitcoin Drivechains

eCash: Bitcoin hardfork activating Drivechains (BIP300/301)
• Every BTC holder receives ECX 1:1 • On or around August 22, 2026

[Bitcoin Drivechains @BTCdrivechains]

Bitcoin created a new financial system. eCash extends it with Drivechains, powered by BIP300/301.

At block ~964,000, every Bitcoin address receives ECX 1:1.

The fork does not move, modify, or touch your BTC in any way.

Ignore it, sell it, or hold it. Your call.

[Bitcoin Drivechains @BTCdrivechains]

Bad year for Bitcoin treasury companies!

Turns out buying Bitcoin and buying businesses that buy Bitcoin aren't the same trade.

[Bitcoin Drivechains @BTCdrivechains]

@batikaneth Desteğiniz için teşekkür ederim!

[Bitcoin Drivechains @BTCdrivechains]

Bear markets are wild.

Watching people argue against receiving a free asset because it might dilute the price of the asset they already own.

Bitcoin is healing.

[Bitcoin Drivechains @BTCdrivechains]

@rektonomist_ @Truthcoin ���

[Bitcoin Drivechains @BTCdrivechains]

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[Bitcoin Drivechains @BTCdrivechains]

BIP300 was proposed in 2017.

Bitcoin Core ignored it for 9 years.

So we're shipping it ourselves.

August 2026.

[Bitcoin Drivechains @BTCdrivechains]

Have you ever been through a Bitcoin fork?

[Stacy Muur @stacy_muur]

Bitcoin forks are confusing mostly because people use the same word for two different kinds of forks.

Next month, both kinds are set to happen around the same Bitcoin block:

• BIP-110: a softfork that tightens Bitcoin's data rules.
• eCash: a hardfork that launches a separate Bitcoin chain with Drivechains built in.

1. BIP-110

Bitcoin continues on its existing chain, while supporting nodes enforce stricter data rules. The update changes which transactions those nodes accept.

2. eCash

https://t.co/MsojbSNX12 uses Bitcoin’s history up to the fork block to launch a separate network.

@BTCdrivechains plans to use that network as a home for Drivechains, where devs can build things like payments, privacy tools, or smart contracts without changing Bitcoin itself.

Drivechains come from @Truthcoin, who wrote them up as BIP 300/301 and has spent more than a decade pushing to get them onto Bitcoin.

The new chain will use ECX as its native coin. Any address that holds 1 BTC at the fork block, the same keys will also control 1 ECX on eCash.

At approximately Bitcoin block 963,648, every $BTC holder receives an equal amount of eCash, with no changes to their Bitcoin.

To guarantee your ECX, it's recommended to move your BTC to a self-custodial wallet before the snapshot. Exchange support is not guaranteed.

Your BTC's fine either way, but I wouldn't want mine sitting on an exchange when the snapshot happens.

[Bitcoin Drivechains @BTCdrivechains]

When eCash forks from Bitcoin at block ~963,648, every Bitcoin address automatically receives an equal balance of ECX.

...except Satoshi's.

Back in 2009, Satoshi mined over 1.1M BTC using a distinct mining pattern. He never moved those coins. On eCash, Satoshi keeps 600k+ ECX - but 500k are reassigned to the investors and builders who made this project possible.

To be clear: we do not touch, move, or control any Bitcoin. No access to Satoshi's private keys. His BTC is completely untouched.

We're deciding how coins on our new chain, which didn't exist until we created it, are initially allocated.

[Bitcoin Drivechains @BTCdrivechains]

@Ichaka_001 @Ellaweb_3 well explained 💛

the deeper you go, the more interesting it gets

[Bitcoin Drivechains @BTCdrivechains]

This August, 1 BTC → 1 BTC + 1 ECX

Your $BTC stays yours.

[Bitcoin Drivechains @BTCdrivechains]

BIP300 has been waiting for Bitcoin's approval since 2015. In August, it stops waiting.

@Truthcoin published the spec eleven years ago. Bitcoin Core never merged it. The debate stalled but the code didn't.

A Drivechain lets Bitcoin run sidechains - separate networks for payments, privacy, prediction markets - without touching the base layer.

eCash puts that into production. Seven sidechains already running on Bitcoin Signet.

Every BTC holder receives ECX 1:1. Do with it what you will.

[Bitcoin Drivechains @BTCdrivechains]

2015: "1MB is sacred. Change the protocol and you're not Bitcoin."

2017: "SegWit isn't a block size increase, it's a block weight optimization."

2021: "Taproot is just a soft fork, totally different."

2026: "Drivechains are too much change."

The goalposts have wheels.

[Bitcoin Drivechains @BTCdrivechains]

At approximately Bitcoin block 963,648, every address holding $BTC receives an equal balance in eCash. No registration. No pre-claim. No changes to your Bitcoin.

⚠️ If your BTC is not in self-custody by the time of the fork, we cannot promise you will receive ECX. It is entirely up to your exchange to support it.

[Bitcoin Drivechains @BTCdrivechains]

The Satoshi allocation, explained.

[Bitcoin Drivechains @BTCdrivechains]

Great coverage from @incrypted on what's coming in August 💛

https://t.co/gRYyD4VA5n

[Bitcoin Drivechains @BTCdrivechains]

Bitcoin has blocks. eCash has blocks.

The difference is whether the chain is designed to be a museum exhibit or a payment network.

[Bitcoin Drivechains @BTCdrivechains]

Drivechains don't replace Bitcoin. They extend it.

Seven sidechains already running on Bitcoin Signet.

[AgentForklift @AgentaTomka]

Every name on this chart is revenue, users, and developers that left Bitcoin.
Not because Bitcoin was wrong- because it couldn't host them. Drivechains fix that. Check https://t.co/wqsT0wdpSK and follow @Truthcoin

[Bitcoin Drivechains @BTCdrivechains]

eCash is Bitcoin with Drivechains.

Same 21M supply. Same proof-of-work. Same genesis block.

Different execution: sidechains that scale without sacrificing decentralization.

Built by @Truthcoin. 11 years in the making.

Necessary for throughput.