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The goal of Bitcoin ABC is to create sound money that is usable by everyone in the world. This is a civilization-changing technology which will dramatically increase human flourishing, freedom, and prosperity. The project aims to achieve this goal by implementing a series of optimizations and protocol upgrades that will enable peer-to-peer digital cash to succeed at mankind scale.

What is eCash?

eCash is a digital currency that enables instant payments to anyone, anywhere in the world. It uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority: managing transactions and issuing money are carried out collectively by the network. eCash is a descendant of Bitcoin.

What is Bitcoin ABC?

Bitcoin ABC is the name of open-source software which enables the use of eCash. It is a fork of the Bitcoin Core software project.

License

Bitcoin ABC is released under the terms of the MIT license. See COPYING for more information or see https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.

Development Process

This Github repository contains only source code of releases.

Bitcoin ABC development takes place at reviews.bitcoinabc.org

If you would like to contribute, please read CONTRIBUTING.

Disclosure Policy

See DISCLOSURE_POLICY