BroadChain, April 27 - According to CoinDesk, Paul Sztorc, a developer who has long studied Bitcoin scaling solutions, proposed a Bitcoin hard fork called eCash at block height 964,000 in August 2026. The fork will distribute eCash to BTC holders at a 1:1 ratio and introduce the Drivechains sidechain architecture on the new chain.
The controversy centers on the proposal to pre-allocate part of the eCash corresponding to Satoshi Nakamoto's address to early investors, a move criticized by the community as "stealing" tokens. Paul Sztorc stated that this allocation aims to incentivize development and cooperation before the project's launch.