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August 15, 2026
On October 31st, 2026, exactly eighteen years after Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin whitepaper, a new chain called eCash will split off from Bitcoin, copy its entire ledger, credit every BTC…
July 20, 2026
The July 15 Ecash ECX Space approached issues such as the fee model, specialized vs general smart contracts, and Ecash's governance philosophy in relation to Bitcoin. Paul Sztorc patiently answered to all questions.
July 18, 2026
BitNames is an attempt to build what Namecoin tried and failed to build fifteen years ago, and to succeed this time by fixing the specific economic and structural mistakes that killed the original.
July 2, 2026
The final X Space of June ran a full two hours, and it followed the now-familiar rhythm: a slow, almost meandering solo open from Paul Sztorc, then a steady build into some of the sharpest technical exchanges of the entire launch run-up.
June 26, 2026
When Ecash forks in August 2026, drivechains will not arrive empty. Seven sidechains are ready to activate: Thunder, BitNames, BitAssets, Hivemind, ZSide, CoinShift, and Photon. Here is the complete tour.
June 26, 2026
The conversation ran over two hours and covered a wide spread of territory, from a new mobile wallet to the cultural meltdown around Michael Saylor to a genuinely pointed disagreement about whether the Ecash drivechains will be complete on launch day.
June 21, 2026
This week, we witnessed Paul Sztorc in his element: explaining the design choices behind BIP 300, defending blind merge mining against intelligent pushback, sketching ambitious applications like BitNames and paid VPN networks, and engaging seriously with a sophisticated critic who disagrees with him about almost everything except the goal of building useful systems.