Resources to Get Started With eCash (ECX)
eCash (ECX) uses the same address formats, keys, and tooling as Bitcoin. If you already know how to use Bitcoin, you already know most of this.
This page collects what you actually need: a wallet, the safe way to separate your ECX from your BTC, how to mine, where to look up transactions, and where developers should start.
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How to split ECX from BTC (read before you move anything)
⚠️ Why this matters. eCash keeps Bitcoin's address formats and its network identity. Your ECX and your BTC live at the same address strings. Move coins carelessly and a transaction you meant for one chain can be replayed on the other.
What replay protection means here
On eCash, replay protection is opt-in, not automatic. According to the official integration guide, eCash transactions are marked by setting nLockTime = 499999999. A transaction with that marker is valid on eCash and not replayable on Bitcoin.
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Address formats: identical to Bitcoin (1..., 3..., bc1..., same WIF/xpub/xprv)
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Replay protection: opt-in, via nLockTime = 499999999
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Network identity: eCash keeps Bitcoin's network magic and ports 8333/8332 — nodes must be isolated carefully
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Order of operations: split on the eCash side first
The rules that keep you safe
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Never send ECX to an exchange's Bitcoin deposit address. The address will look valid. The exchange will read it as Bitcoin. The coins are gone.
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Run your eCash node on a dedicated data directory with pinned peers. Because eCash reuses Bitcoin's network magic and ports, an unisolated node can end up talking to the wrong network.
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Verify the fork-block hash against the official parameters before trusting a chain you've synced.
Set the replay marker on every ECX spend, permanently — not just during fork week.
What Wallets Support eCash?
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eCash uses Bitcoin's address and key formats, so a lot of Bitcoin software will appear to work. That's exactly why you should use software built for eCash — see the splitting section above.
BitWindow
BitWindow is a full-node frontend from LayerTwo Labs, and it's the one that matters most on this page: it performs the coin split automatically, as a one-time step after the fork. That makes it the shortest safe path for an ordinary holder. The trade-off is that it's a full node frontend, so expect a more technical setup than a normal wallet.Get BitWindow here
Official mobile wallet
The official eCash wallet by Layer Two Labs. At the time of writing this, the wallet currently supports eCash Layer 1 and no drivechains.
How to mine eCash ECX
eCash uses SHA-256d proof of work, the same algorithm as Bitcoin, so existing ASIC hardware works. Difficulty reset to 1 at the alpha fork block and has been retargeting normally since. In the first 13 hours of alpha the network produced more than 25,000 blocks and difficulty climbed to roughly 16.78 million, with about 3.53 PH/s pointed at the chain.
Pools mining ECX
The field is wider than most guides suggest. Coverage of the alpha launch named Ecashpool-alpha as the largest, followed by Kikko, L2L Pool, NurseryPool, Ckpool, Solo, Guilastuce, BIP300.xyz, Layertree, and Avonpool.
NurseryPool — SHA-256d, CPU or ASIC, 1% fee, PPLNS payouts, no registration. Note that the eCash node uses a descriptor wallet, so there's no 12-word seed phrase — the wallet folder itself is your key. Copy it off the machine and keep it safe.
Solofork — solo mining, non-custodial, 2% donation fee, pseudonymous EU operator, open-source CKpool patches.
eCashPool.tech -- solo mining, non-custodial, 1% fee
Pools mining ECX
eCash Alphanet Explorer
A fork of mempool.space, the explorer most Bitcoin users already know, pointed at eCash. Blocks, transactions, the mempool, and a live breakdown of which pools are mining the chain. If you've used mempool.space, there's nothing new to learn.
Here's the link.
This one covers the eCash base layer. Each drivechain runs its own separate chain with its own explorer — those links live on the individual drivechain pages.
Do not use XEC explorers. Searching "eCash explorer" will surface tools for XEC, a different project. They can't see ECX transactions and will show you nothing useful.