As the fork date approaches day by day, friends around me are starting to care about @ BTCDrivechains. As the first fork project in recent years and a highly anticipated Bitcoin expansion and ecological experiment, this fork not only touches the hearts of countless veterans, but also welcomes a new round of layout climax. I would like to briefly discuss this project from my own perspective, including how to ensure a stable airdrop. The core figure behind eCash is Paul Sztorc (more commonly known as @ Truthcoin), CEO of LayerTwo Labs, and a key driver of the Drivechains concept. Over the years, he has been repeatedly proposing sidechain solutions in the Bitcoin community, hoping that Bitcoin can support more functions without changing the core rules of the main chain. But the proposal has not reached a consensus on Core for a long time. In April of the 26th year, he officially announced a direct hard fork to create a new chain that almost completely replicates Bitcoin, with Drivechains built directly into it. The name was eCash and the token was ECX. The fork plan will be launched around August 21, 2021. The new chain will try to keep its block size as close as possible to Bitcoin Core, and even more restrained, while leaving room for future upgrades through CUSF and other methods. One of the biggest debates about Bitcoin in recent years is whether to add more features to the main chain. Some people believe that the main chain should remain simple, secure, and unchanged; Some people think that if we don't innovate all the time, many real needs will flow to other chains. The idea of eCash is to minimize the movement of the main chain and use Drivechains to create multiple parallel "fast lanes". The team currently states that they are developing around 7 sidechains, including: ·Decentralized Exchange ·Identity/Reputation System ·A strong privacy sidechain similar to Zcash ·Quantum resistance related attempts ·Other application-oriented Layer 2 These sidechains combine mining and Bitcoin miners to share computing power, allowing miners to earn an additional share of profits without consuming extra electricity. In theory, users can transfer assets relatively securely between the main chain and sidechains, thereby achieving higher throughput, privacy, or programmability while maintaining the Bitcoin security model. Simply put, it attempts to provide an optional testing ground for those who feel that the Bitcoin main chain is too conservative and expanding too slowly. Whether it can really run and whether it is used or not is ultimately up to the market the final say. One of the most headache inducing issues for a hard fork project is how to support the development team and attract early supporters before going live. Simply airdropping to all BTC holders can easily turn into a 'zombie project'. No one has the motivation to invest resources in advance. ECash's approach is relatively straightforward, which has sparked controversy: it plans to manually redistribute a portion of the approximately 1.1 million dormant coins of Satoshi Nakamoto's address (around 500000) to early investors, developers, and partners on the new chain. The remaining part corresponds to the original address. Paul himself admits that this will be controversial, but he believes it is a necessary means to obtain real funding and participants for the project before it goes live. Critics argue that this undermines the symbolic meaning of 'address balances cannot be rewritten by third parties'. Anyway, this is currently one of the publicly available sources of funding. When splitting, there will be a snapshot. If you had held BTC at that time, theoretically you would have automatically received an equal amount of ECX at a 1:1 ratio. But there is a key detail: If you put BTC in a self managed wallet or directly use the eCash official wallet, you will automatically receive the corresponding ECX after the fork, and there is basically no need for additional operations. If you put BTC on an exchange, whether you can get it or not depends entirely on whether the exchange is willing to support this airdrop and whether they are willing to help users separate their currency rights. Some exchanges may support it, while others may ignore it directly, or even not handle it due to compliance or technical reasons. So, for friends who want to be as safe as possible, it is recommended to transfer BTC to their controlled wallet before the fork. The official also provides relevant download entrances: https://((ecash.com))/download/ To learn more official information, you can directly visit the official website: https://((ecash.com)) To be honest, any fork or airdrop carries risks, including technical implementation, market acceptance, subsequent liquidity, and so on. Research and keep the private key safe, security is always the top priority. The above is just my compilation and sharing as an ordinary follower, and does not constitute any investment advice. Everyone just needs to make their own judgment.