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From eCash Beta to the ECX Main Net Launch: Drivechains Become a Reality

From eCash Beta to the ECX Main Net Launch: Drivechains Become a Reality

On October 29th 2026, eCash became a live Bitcoin fork with real if transient hashrate, five activated sidechains, one native market, one wrapped market, a list of broken websites and a founder who says he expected worse.

The eCash Beta, Days 1 to 22: Eight Sidechains in Five Hours, a Difficulty Tug of War & the Builders Who Kept the Lights On

The eCash Beta, Days 1 to 22: Eight Sidechains in Five Hours, a Difficulty Tug of War & the Builders Who Kept the Lights On

Three weeks later the beta has become something more useful than a launch party: a long, sometimes grumpy, often brilliant rehearsal in which most of the heavy lifting was done by people LayerTwo Labs does not pay.

The eCash Alpha, Days 4 to 15: Doldrums, Orphan Blocks, and the Week the Old World Cracked

The eCash Alpha, Days 4 to 15: Doldrums, Orphan Blocks, and the Week the Old World Cracked

The second stretch of the eCash alpha: a hashrate hangover, the first production incident, the first community drivechains activated under proof of work, the first withdrawal bundle, pECX price discovery, and a $320 million lesson from Liquid about why federations are not the answer.

Photon: Quantum-Resistant Vaults on eCash, Built for Q-Day Before It Arrives

Photon: Quantum-Resistant Vaults on eCash, Built for Q-Day Before It Arrives

This is the fifth piece in our series covering the seven BIP-300 sidechains shipping with the eCash hard fork. Previous entries covered Thunder(https://ecashblog.com/posts/2026-06-22-thunder-drivec…