eCash (@eCash): eCash Monthly Recap - May 2026

eCash Monthly Recap - May 2026 It’s time for a recap! Catch up on the latest eCash development upgrades, ecosystem growth, and key community highlights from this month. Let’s dive in! eCash Network Upgrade The eCash network upgrade scheduled for May 15th has been completed. ✅ ℹ️ If you missed the May 15th network upgrade, you must upgrade your eCash node to version 0.33.4 or later to reconnect to the correct chain. News/Media 📈 On May 6, the eCash network processed 84K+ transactions in a single day, highlighting the growth in on-chain activity. 🔥 📝 How Heartbeat Improves User Experience on eCash 🎬 Amaury Séchet @deadalnix explains how Heartbeat keeps block production stable and predictable. 🧵 eCash dev @PiR_K shared an overview of how eCash nodes perform Initial Block Download (IBD) and use Avalanche Post-Consensus to select the correct chain tip. 🎬 Amaury Séchet @deadalnix explains how CashFusion brings advanced transaction privacy to eCash without altering the underlying consensus rules. 🧵 @caincurrency published a thread highlighting eCash's years of technical progress and innovation. 🎙️ @AntonyZegers and @TobiasRuck joined the Digital Gold Talk podcast to discuss the history of eCash (XEC). 🎙️ eCash dev @BytesOfMan joined the @Dashpay Crypto Quorum podcast to discuss the security model of Proof-of-Work. 🎙️ @TobiasRuck joined Eterna Talks at @Eterna_Hybrid to discuss digital cash for AI agents and autonomous economies. 🎬 eCash dev @TobiasRuck explains how legacy financial systems create bottlenecks for AI agents and how eCash enables frictionless value exchange. Cashtab Wallet 📈 The Cashtab app installs surpassed 1.2k (+50%) and monthly active users exceeded 550 (+65%) 🔐 Added biometric authentication support to the mobile app 🔗 Added support for Universal eCash Payments (pay.e.cash) 🛠️ Improved cache handling to ensure users receive the latest version more reliably Ecosystem 🚀 eCashLive.net launched as a real-time dashboard for monitoring activity on the eCash network. 🔗 Marlin Wallet added support for Universal eCash Payments (pay.e.cash) eCash Avalanche Network Overview Total Staked: 352B $XEC Nodes: 90 Peers: 72 https://avalanche.cash 📈 eCash staking surpassed 350B XEC, continuing its upward growth 🔥 Nice simplified visualization of Avalanche consensus on eCash 👇 Bitcoin ABC Node Software 🚀 @Bitcoin_ABC released v0.33.3, a hotfix update addressing a bug affecting all active node versions. 🚀 @Bitcoin_ABC released v0.33.4, adding a new Chronik endpoint and a checkpoint following the May 15 eCash network upgrade. Download it here: https://www.bitcoinabc.org/releases/ Dev Tooling 🛠️ ecash-wallet lib extended support for `broadcastAndFinalizeTx`, enabling automatic finalization of all built and broadcast transactions 💻 ecash-agora lib added automatic UTXO set updates after supported Agora transactions, aligning behavior with other ecash-wallet methods 👩‍💻 eCash Chronik client package for Flutter/Dart was released by @tendo_pein_sama, with plans to evolve into a full SDK supporting wallet management and transaction signing. That concludes this month’s recap. To explore official resources and stay informed on upcoming developments, visit: https://e.cash. Originally Published: https://e.cash/blog/recap-may-2026