Bitcoin ABC - Software for eCash http://www.bitcoinabc.org Benefits for Miners, Exchanges, and Everyday People. - Avalanche is here. On September 14th 2022, the eCash network was upgraded to support the finalization of blocks using Avalanche Post-Consensus. The launch of Avalanche Post-Consensus on the eCash Mainnet is a significant achievement, bringing tangible benefits for eCash miners, exchanges, and everyday users. As of the writing of this... Thu, 29 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2022-09-29-avalanche-post-consensus/ http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2022-09-29-avalanche-post-consensus/ How to Generate Stake Proofs and Run an Avalanche Node - The goal of this article is to explain how the eCash Avalanche protocol works, and give basic step-by-step instructions for getting started. After reading this article, the reader should be able to: Understand the basics of how eCash’s Avalanche protocol works Understand the role of Proofs, Delegations, and Nodes Become... Wed, 07 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2022-09-07-avalanche-tutorial/ http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2022-09-07-avalanche-tutorial/ Post-Consensus to go live on Mainnet on September 14th 2022 - Avalanche Post-Consensus will go live on the eCash Mainnet on Sept 14th. This was announced by Amaury Séchet, founder of the eCash project, at the Electronic Cash Conference in Prague. The launch of Avalanche Post-Consensus on the eCash Mainnet is a significant achievement. Post-Consensus brings 51% attack prevention which increases... Sun, 28 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2022-08-28-avalanche-post-consensus-launch/ http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2022-08-28-avalanche-post-consensus-launch/ Robust Networking and Iterative Improvements - This article is to bring people up to date on what’s been achieved, and what’s been happening in our development activities on Avalanche for eCash, since the previous update from early May 2022. The two primary advancements since the last update were: Faster and more robust discovery of Proofs from... Wed, 03 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2022-08-03-avalanche-development-update/ http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2022-08-03-avalanche-development-update/ Using the Electrum ABC eCash Wallet in Daemon mode - The Electrum ABC eCash wallet contains the CashFusion feature. CashFusion provides basic opt-in anonymity for regular eCash (XEC) users. For example, if someone is paid in XEC, then goes to make a retail purchase, they may not want the retailer to be able to trivially see their salary payments. It’s... Fri, 01 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2022-07-01-running-cashfusion-remotely/ http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2022-07-01-running-cashfusion-remotely/ Continuing our series of user guides for eCash compatible hardware wallets, we take a look at the D’CENT biometric hardware wallet which natively supports the eCash blockchain. The D’CENT wallet features a built-in fingerprint scanner that adds convenience and enhanced security for fast transaction signing. The seed phrase and private... Fri, 10 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2022-06-10-ecash-user-guide-for-dcent-hardware-wallets/ http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2022-06-10-ecash-user-guide-for-dcent-hardware-wallets/ Satochip is one of the first hardware wallet manufacturers to natively support the storing of eCash. Unlike the Ledger or Trezor hardware wallets, the Satochip wallet consists of two separate components. The first component is the card wallet which contains the cryptographic key for your eCash wallet, and the other... Wed, 01 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2022-06-01-ecash-user-guide-for-satochip-hardware-wallets/ http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2022-06-01-ecash-user-guide-for-satochip-hardware-wallets/ The Road to Post Consensus - For the past year, and more, the Bitcoin ABC team has been working to implement the Avalanche protocol on eCash. The website avalanche.cash was created in order to give more transparency into the work being done, show the steps completed and give a sense of the future roadmap and milestones.... Mon, 02 May 2022 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2022-05-02-avalanche-development-update/ http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2022-05-02-avalanche-development-update/ 지난 1년 동안 Bitcoin ABC 팀은 eCash에서 아발란체 프로토콜의 구현을 위해 노력했습니다. avalanche.cash 에서는 현재 진행 중인 아발란체 작업을 투명하고 단계적으로 완료된 부분을 보여주고 추후 로드맵과 마일스톤에 대한 정보 제공을 위해 만들어졌습니다. 약 한 달 전 eCash에서는 사후 합의로 마일스톤 부분의 로드맵이 해당 사이트에서 ‘완료(초록색)’로 변경되었고 아발란체 사후 협의 구현이... Mon, 02 May 2022 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2022-05-02-avalanche-development-update-ko/ http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2022-05-02-avalanche-development-update-ko/ Cashtab has recently released the XEC Airdrop Calculator, which is a powerful tool for eToken owners to conduct their own airdrops to reward holders of their eTokens. This user guide will cover the basics of this new feature, along with the advanced options and how you can start using it... Wed, 13 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2022-04-13-airdrop-calculator-user-guide/ http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2022-04-13-airdrop-calculator-user-guide/ A common question we’ve heard from the eCash community is how to safely store your eCash on popular hardware wallets. Whilst the team is currently engaging with the major manufacturers to natively support eCash, there are a few workarounds that will allow you to use these devices now. These instructions... Thu, 03 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2022-02-03-hardware-wallet-workarounds/ http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2022-02-03-hardware-wallet-workarounds/ eCash and Bitcoin Cash share a common history, and became separate currencies via a blockchain split on November 15th, 2020. Because of this, and the fact the both currencies have the same transaction format, it is possible for transaction replay to occur when someone sends coins on either chain. This... Tue, 01 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2022-02-01-splitting-xec-and-bch/ http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2022-02-01-splitting-xec-and-bch/ This is a quick guide for mining pool operators to setup a new mining pool to mine eCash (XEC) using viabtc_mining_server which was open sourced by ViaBTC a few months ago. Let’s begin! To start, deploy an eCash full node. This guide will assume you have one running on the... Tue, 06 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2021-07-06-mining-xec-using-viabtc-software/ http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2021-07-06-mining-xec-using-viabtc-software/ Rebrand Announcement You’re invited to the next era of sound money for the world. Don’t miss e.cash on July 1, 2021 at 12 noon UTC. Derived from one of the most trusted names in the cryptocurrency space, what was once known as BCHA is now eCash. Here’s some of what’s... Mon, 28 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2021-06-28-ecash-wealth-redefined/ http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2021-06-28-ecash-wealth-redefined/ Celebrating the addition of SLP indexing to BCHD - On November 15th, 2020, the Bitcoin Cash network will undergo its scheduled biannual upgrade. One of the improvements implemented in the upgrade is a coinbase rule requiring a set percentage of each new block reward to be placed into a fund. The purpose of this fund is to ensure sustainable... Mon, 24 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2020-08-24-celebrating-bchd-slp/ http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2020-08-24-celebrating-bchd-slp/ 祝贺SLP索引成功添加到BCHD中 - 2020年11月15日，比特币现金网络将按计划进行一年两次的升级。此次升级的改进之一是植入coinbase规则，即要求将每个新区块奖励的一定比例放入基金中。设置基金的目的是为了确保关键的基础设施开发和维护有可持续的资金，使比特币现金能够按照路线图，在全球范围内成为点对点电子现金。 虽然部分资金将专门用于资助Bitcoin ABC代码库的工作，但我们也清楚地认识到，通过我们团队和大生态系统中许多其他团队的共同努力，比特币现金已经成为一个承载不同重要持股人的网络。在未来几周内，我们将公布一项计划，让这些持股人能够积极参与到基金（由coinbase规则带来）的设计和使用中来。与我们所声明的价值观相一致，Bitcoin ABC致力于孕育一个透明度和问责制最大化的基金管理环境。 Bitcoin ABC为矿工和交易所提供了一个安全、可靠的根基；后者自2017年BCH问世以来已成为BCH网络的中流砥柱。但是，在这几年内，其他专注的、富有才华的节点开发团队推出了一系列项目，补充了ABC的产品，也提高了网络的整体价值。其中一个例子是BCHD，这是一个极具创新和维护良好的节点项目，它已简化了比特币现金网络上许多非挖矿业务的工作量。由Chris Pacia和Josh Ellithorpe领导的BCHD团队是一个大放异彩的例子；这说明独立的市场行为者，自由地创新，可以带来独特的产品和服务。最近几个月，James Cramer（SLP的联合创始人）和JT Freeman，扩展了BCHD原本就令人印象深刻的功能，即把SLP协议索引整合进BCHD，使SLP代币非常容易商业化，并且非常可靠。Bitcoin ABC为这些努力鼓掌和庆贺。这些个体和他们所执掌的项目，都是我们未来几年将投入更多技术和财政资源的例子。 我们期待与整个比特币现金生态系统中的许多敬业的、有能力的持股人合作，这些持股人使网络能够朝着比特币现金路线图的既定方向继续前进。比特币ABC致力于维护专业、透明和可靠的基石；在此基石上为世界建立点对点电子现金。 Mon, 24 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2020-08-24-celebrating-bchd-slp-zh/ http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2020-08-24-celebrating-bchd-slp-zh/ A feature freeze is now in place and reliable funding means more business capabilities are coming soon. - We’re on a mission to develop Bitcoin Cash into sound money for the world. The next milestone in that mission takes place in November when two new features—ASERT DAA and a coinbase rule—will go live during the network upgrade. A feature freeze is now in place and release 0.22.0, which... Tue, 18 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2020-08-18-bitcoin-abc-0-22-0/ http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2020-08-18-bitcoin-abc-0-22-0/ 部分功能已锁定，可靠的资金意味着更多的业务潜能即将被释放 - 我们的使命是把比特币现金开发为可供全世界使用的健全货币。这一使命的下一个里程碑将发生在今年11月；届时，两个新功能– ASERT DAA和coinbase规则，将于网络升级期间上线。 现已锁定部分功能，而包含新功能的0.22.0版本已可供下载。请注意，您的企业需要在2020年11月15日前下载并部署这个新版本，才能确保您业务的平稳运行。更多详情，请点击此处。 新版本的优点 更快的确认 迟缓的确认一直让比特币现金用户和相关联企业倍感沮丧。一种名为ASERT的新难度调整算法通过降低意外的长区块时间发生概率，而帮助缓解这一问题。相应的，交易的平均确认速度会加快。 更多的可预期利润 此前，由于难度调整算法存在缺陷，坚持挖比特币现金的矿工容易不时地遭受利润损失。根据模拟计算，采用ASERT后，铁杆矿工将获得更稳定的利润，甚至可能比之前多赚6%。 可靠的网络开发 新的coinbase规则将把8%的coinbase奖励，投资到比特币现金的基础设施开发中。这意味着可以雇佣更多的技术人才来维护和开发网络，以便更好地支持您的业务发展。 更多潜能将被释放 随着新的coinbase规则带来可靠的资金，更多的功能将更快地出现在比特币现金上。这些功能将为企业和用户释放令人兴奋的潜能。以下是我们即将推出的功能： 消除交易链的限制瓶颈 我们将大幅提高未确认的交易链限制，让它不再给依赖快速来回交易的企业造成延误。 由于一旦做出改变，可以（从比特币Core库) 的向后移植将变少，维护比特币现金网络的工作量将大幅增加。这就是为什么在这个新功能实施之前，可靠的资金是必不可少的。 为什么是有用的 当有人使用比特币现金支付时，任何未花掉的币将作为零钱被补回。但当他们要继续花掉找补回的零钱时，在任意一个区块上可进行的交易次数是有限制的。 当前的限制是50笔连续（链上）交易。通过将限制提高到数百或数千笔交易，甚至完全移除上限时，用户无需再等待下一个区块被确认后才能使用他们的零钱进行更多的交易。 因此，如果人们想用零钱进行几十次的连续链上下注，那么是完全可以实现的。对企业来说，这意味着更高的利润空间。对用户来说，这意味着更好的整体体验度，而无需再为延迟感到沮丧。 使区块大小限制变成响应式 我们不会把区块大小的限制固定在代码中，而是会让它变得灵活，这样网络就可以逐步扩展，从而满足成为全球货币的需求。 为什么是有用的 分配资源去处理不必要的大区块大小上限是昂贵的。但是，随着时间的推移，当越来越多的用户加入比特币现金网络时，就需要提高区块大小上限，来有效处理越来越多的交易。 通过添加响应市场需求的区块大小限制，区块大小上限可以按需提高。响应式上限背后的算法会根据历史数据，来相应地设置区块大小限制。 响应式区块大小系统需要精心设计，以阻止垃圾交易轻易塞满区块。这将有效防止（交易）延迟，并为真正的用户交易保持低交易费。 数秒内安全地确认交易 我们将对比特币现金实施预共识，这样交易几乎可以在区块链本身确认之前，由节点立即达成一致。 为什么是有用的 比特币现金要想在商业中使用，交易就必须即刻生效。否则，如果商家成为双花攻击（即有人试图用同一个币进行多次消费）的受害者，那么他们就会遭受损失。 通过在网络中加入预共识，交易可以在数秒内被视为最终交易。无需等待确认，Avalanche让节点之间实时沟通哪些交易已被认可。 其结果就是，为接收比特币现金支付的商家增加了安全性；也同时让用户在区块被挖出前，就知道他们的交易将出现在下一个区块中。 获取我们团队的（技术）支持 我们最新版本中的新coinbase规则, 将带来基础设施基金，也意味着比特币现金可以成为服务世界的健全货币。 我们完全致力于，实施一种为基金管理提供充分的问责制和透明度的框架。该框架的具体细节将在不久后公布。 与此同时，我们时刻准备为您服务。无论是您不确定如何升级您的节点软件，还是有疑问，或者需要其它技术支持，您可以通过点击此处提交一个票据来获取帮助。 Tue, 18 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2020-08-18-bitcoin-abc-0-22-0-zh/ http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2020-08-18-bitcoin-abc-0-22-0-zh/ Forgot to upgrade your node? Here's how to get back onto the upgraded BCH network. - Forgot to upgrade your node? Here’s how to get back onto the upgraded BCH network: These instructions are for those who left old versions (0.20.12 or older) of Bitcoin ABC running through the May 15th, 2020 upgrade. Follow these instructions to get back on the main network. If you are... Fri, 15 May 2020 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2020-05-15-how-to-upgrade/ http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2020-05-15-how-to-upgrade/ The full node development team is raising USD$3.3 million to scale Bitcoin Cash over the next year - Bitcoin ABC, the preeminent Bitcoin Cash $BCH protocol development and devops team, is launching its 2020 fundraiser at https://fund.bitcoinabc.org. The team is focused on scaling Bitcoin Cash to serve billions of daily users as “censorship-resistant peer-to-peer electronic cash for the world.” Bitcoin ABC aims to raise USD$3.3 million, or about... Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2020-04-01-bitcoin-abc-launches-2020-fundraiser/ http://www.bitcoinabc.org/2020-04-01-bitcoin-abc-launches-2020-fundraiser/