Bitcoin Holders Get eCash: How to Use the Airdrop

Paul Sztorc’s long-discussed Bitcoin fork, eCash, has officially launched, creating a new network for payments, privacy experiments, and other applications built using a “drivechain” model. The hard fork took place on Oct. 29 at Bitcoin block 973,728, and eligible holders received an equivalent balance in the network’s native token, ECX. The most immediate impact for Bitcoin holders is distribution: if you controlled the private keys to your BTC at the snapshot, LayerTwo Labs says you now control the same amount of ECX and can access it right away.