Today, July 1st, marks four years since the eCash rebrand, a milestone in the mission to deliver peer-to-peer electronic cash that truly works at scale. Over the past year, eCash has gained momentum with continuous development, increasing adoption, and a growing ecosystem of tools and apps.

This year brought important upgrades such as the Heartbeat upgrade, the launch of stablecoins, and the arrival of new apps that make peer-to-peer money more usable in everyday life. Today, eCash stands out as one of the few crypto projects offering a complete, high-performance full-stack infrastructure. From the base layer to wallets, developer tools, and decentralized marketplaces, these advances are making eCash more accessible, reliable, and ready for real-world use.

Let’s explore the major milestones and innovations that define the latest chapter in the eCash journey.

🚀 Major Upgrades/Features

💓 The Regular Heartbeat Upgrade

Launched on November 15, 2024, the Real-Time Target (RTT) algorithm smooths out block times, leading to faster, more reliable transaction confirmations across the network. This upgrade enhances user experience by stabilizing block intervals, making eCash more predictable and efficient.

👉 Learn More: https://e.cash/blog/heartbeat-upgrade-a-steady-pulse-for-ecash

⚡ AssumeUTXO: Faster Node Syncing

Bitcoin ABC v0.31.5 introduced AssumeUTXO, a powerful new feature enabling nodes to sync faster by trusting precomputed UTXO snapshots. This dramatically reduces the time and resource requirements to join the network, encouraging broader participation and decentralization.

👉 Learn More: https://e.cash/blog/introducing-assumeutxo-faster-node-sync-on-ecash

🔧 Infrastructure Growth

Over the past year, there have been 25 Bitcoin ABC node releases, continuously improving network stability, security, and performance.

🌍 Real-World Adoption & Ecosystem Growth

🇲🇵 First U.S. Government Stablecoin on eCash

In a historic milestone, the Tinian government in the Northern Mariana Islands became the first-ever U.S. public entity to issue a USD-backed stablecoin $TUSDT, launched on the eCash network. This pioneering achievement highlights eCash’s readiness to support real-world, large-scale blockchain payments.

👉 Full Story: https://x.com/eCash/status/1924305179806994624

💲 FIRMA: USD-Pegged Stablecoin on eCash

This year saw the launch of $FIRMA, a USD-pegged stablecoin built on the eCash network. FIRMA offers a fast, permissionless stable asset for trading, payments, and expanding decentralized finance within the eCash ecosystem.

👉 Launch Details: https://x.com/eCash/status/1896402672133029926

💼 Cashtab Wallet Evolution

The Cashtab Wallet has undergone a major transformation, blending enhanced functionality with a fresh new design.

• 🚀 Agora DEX launched, enabling eToken and NFT trading, reaching a new all-time daily volume high of $81.1K.

  👉 Learn more: https://x.com/eCash/status/1878270118859358220

• 🎨 Complete Cashtab redesign & rebrand for a modern, intuitive user experience across both the wallet and browser extension.
• 🎁 XEC Faucet was introduced to help onboard new users with free XEC tokens.
• 🔁 Support added for BIP21 multi-output transactions, enabling more complex payment flows for web apps.
• 🛠️ Active listings now include 1200+ eTokens and 350+ NFT collections on the Agora DEX.
• 📑 Token landing pages with real-time order books provide greater transparency for token trading.
• 🧑‍💻 The entire Cashtab ecosystem has been migrated to TypeScript, improving reliability and maintainability.
• 📄 Added BIP21 payment links & QR codes, allowing users to share payment requests with preset XEC or FIRMA amounts.
• 🛠️ Added support for new ALP tokens (genesis, mint, send, burn, and Agora trades).
• 🛠️ Development started on a strongly-typed ecash-wallet library to improve developer tools.

👨🏻‍💻 Electrum ABC Wallet Updates

The Electrum ABC wallet has released five new versions this year, introducing powerful features including:

• Native support for Trezor hardware wallets, with word autocompletion when restoring from seed phrases.
• Recovery from SLIP-39 (Shamir) mnemonics for enhanced wallet security.
• Custom Trezor firmware support for signing Avalanche stakes on Trezor Safe 5, Safe 3, and Model T devices.
• Automatic freezing of ALP token UTXOs to improve token management.
  Improved Cryptography code.

🛠️ Ecosystem Apps & Tools

🚀 Staked XEC (XECx) app launched, allowing users to earn staking rewards directly inside the Cashtab Wallet.

🚀 Local eCash, a non-custodial P2P escrow exchange app, debuted for secure peer-to-peer trading.

🔨 A new eCash Mining Calculator was launched.

📊 eCash Daily Telegram bot now provides 24-hour on-chain data summaries.

👨🏻‍💻 New testnet faucet launched for eCash developers.

🛠️ Agora.cash: a user-friendly interface for the Agora decentralized exchange.

🎉 eCash Poker launched with 24/7 cash games and hourly freerolls.

🚀 PayButton launched its PayButton WordPress plugin, empowering content creators to monetize their content with custom no-signup paywalls.

🚀 ChronikCache npm package was released, adding caching to Chronik for improved indexing efficiency.

🤝 Exchange Listings & Integrations

📣 Edge wallet integrated eCash (XEC).

📣 @Binance_TH_ added native eCash network support.

📣 @BigeriaExchange, @WhiteBit, and @CoinstoreExc CEXs listed XEC.

🔁 New Crypto Bridge on @letsexchange_io enables swapping BEP-20 XEC to native XEC.

🚀 @guardarian_com supports direct USD-to-XEC on-ramps.

🚀 @unstoppableweb added support for .xec domains.

⚡ @CryptoAutos_ accepts XEC for luxury car purchases and rentals.

⚡ @CoinoSwap instant exchange aggregator listed XEC.

🔨 @KryptexMining Pool launched eCash mining support.

🌐 Community & Social Milestones

📣 The Electronic Cash Conference (ECC) 2025 is coming to Barcelona, Spain!

👉 https://ecashconference.com/

🥳 Surpassed 100,000 followers on our official CoinMarketCap Community!

🔥 Staked XEC hit a new all-time high.

👉 https://x.com/eCashOfficial/status/1914552278838911265

✅ Secured the premium @eCash handle on 𝕏 (formerly Twitter).

👉 https://x.com/eCash/status/1924898794224685544

Looking Ahead

Four years after the rebrand, eCash is steadily building the peer-to-peer electronic cash that Satoshi Nakamoto envisioned. It is not about speculation; it is about creating money that is simple, fast, and reliable for everyday use. This past year’s upgrades and real-world adoption show that eCash is moving closer to fulfilling that original mission.

Looking ahead, eCash is poised to take peer-to-peer payments to the next level, with important technologies like Avalanche Pre-Consensus on the way to enable instant finality. The unstoppable eCash Army continues to power every step forward. Thank you for being part of this journey. The next chapter is already underway. Stay tuned!