eCash

2025 marked a major leap forward for eCash. With instant finality live on mainnet and foundational upgrades rolling out across the stack, the network became faster, more reliable, and more practical for everyday use. Combined with expanding ecosystem adoption, 2025 set the stage for the next era of electronic cash.
Here are the key milestones that shaped eCash throughout the year.
Major Upgrades & Developments
⚡ Avalanche Pre-Consensus

On November 15, 2025, at block height 923,347, the eCash network officially activated Avalanche Pre-Consensus, delivering instant transaction finality and real-time consensus on a Proof-of-Work blockchain for the first time ever. This upgrade marks a major milestone for eCash and brings its vision of fast, secure, and user-friendly digital cash closer to reality.
https://x.com/eCash/status/1989683421401289040
The activation was celebrated widely, with team members joining a Pre-Consensus go-live livestream hosted by the community.
https://x.com/eCash/status/1989393870988411258
🎁 Staking Rewards Pre-Consensus

Also launched on November 15, 2025, Staking Rewards Pre-Consensus enables eCash staking nodes to use Avalanche polling to come to consensus on the staking reward winner for the next block before it is mined. This improves predictability, coordination, and efficiency for the staking process.
Learn more: https://x.com/eCash/status/1980907524179317148
💱 64-bit Integers — Precision for Agora, Power for DeFi

On November 15, 2025, 64-bit integer support went live, unlocking billions of times more precision for both sat and token values. Agora swaps can now price assets exactly, enabling truly accurate markets and more advanced financial use cases on eCash.
New range:
–9,223,372,036,854,775,807
9,223,372,036,854,775,807
Learn more: https://x.com/eCash/status/1978488197610168536 
⚙️ AssumeUTXO: Faster Node Sync on eCash

On May 28, 2025, the AssumeUTXO feature was released. It allows eCash nodes to sync faster by trusting a verified snapshot of the UTXO set at a given block height, skipping full historical validation while maintaining security guarantees.
Learn more: https://e.cash/blog/assumeutxo
⚒️ Chronik Support for the ElectrumX Protocol

On July 10, 2025, with the release of Bitcoin ABC v0.31.8, Chronik became fully compatible with the ElectrumX protocol. This makes it easy for existing BTC and BCH applications using Electrum servers (such as Fulcrum) to add eCash support or migrate to Chronik seamlessly. 🦾
Ecosystem
🪙 RWA Tokenization
On May 19, 2025, the Marianas US Dollar $MUSD became the first U.S. government–issued stablecoin minted on the eCash blockchain, with the first 100 Dollars issued during a ceremony in Tinian at the House of Taga
Learn more: https://tinianmayor.cnmi.gov/tinian-positions-itself-at-the-forefront-of-americas-digital-financial-future/ 
$FIRMA, a new privately issued stablecoin built on the eCash network, was launchedBlockchain Ventures Corp. tokenized its equity ownership on eCash with the launch of $BVE on the Cashtab wallet Agora marketplace
🔳 PayButton Updates
PayButton continued to play a key role in enabling simple eCash acceptance online:
Altcoin payments via SideShiftNew fundraiser parametersCashtab PWA supportNew landing pageAdjustable auto-close timingButton size customizationImprovements to the PayButton-Server
🧰 New Tools & Apps
PayButton launched its PayButton WordPress plugin, enabling custom no-signup paywalls and content monetization with eCash
Learn more: https://e.cash/blog/paybutton-for-wordpress
Marlin Wallet for Android launched with secure key storage, NFC payments, and Wear OS supportMetachronik analytics indexer launchedcharts.e.cash launched as a frontend for Metachronik dataTixTown app launched as the official ticket platform at the International Emmy Awards
Learn more: https://blog.tixtown.com/p/tixtown-launches-as-official-ticket-platform-at-international-emmy-awards-event
New eCash Mempool explorer launched
🔗 Integrations
Unstoppable Domains added support for .xec domainsCrypto Autos added eCash payments for luxury vehicles and supercarsNOWNodes added eCash support to its blockchain explorer
🎮 Gaming
BlitzChips.com instant betting game launchedHodlWars.com multiplayer staking competition game launchedEverydayJackpot.com launched with instant FIRMA payoutsSeedRush.cash multiplayer seed phrase game launchedblockchain.games launched, offering a curated hub of eCash games
🛠️ Dev Tooling
ChronikCache npm package released, adding a caching layer for ChronikImproved naming and typing across Chronik, ecash-lib, ecash-agora, and chronik-clientNew strongly typed ecash-wallet librarycashtab-connect released, making web app integration with Cashtab seamless
💱 Exchange & Wallet Listings
New integrations this year included:
CoinoSwapEdge WalletHoudini SwapCoinDiscoMarlin Wallet
Wallet Upgrades
👨🏻‍💻 Electrum ABC Wallet
Electrum ABC received major functional and usability improvements throughout the year, reinforcing its role as a powerful wallet for advanced users and stakers:
Native support for Trezor hardware walletsAvalanche stake signing with custom firmware in the Trezor hardware wallet
Learn more: https://e.cash/blog/trezor-guide
Improved wallet recovery with SLIP-39 (Shamir) mnemonicsALP token awareness with automatic locking of token UTXOsUI improvements to the Avalanche Proof EditorBackend transition to Chronik-based infrastructure for testing and additional servers
📱 Cashtab Wallet Upgrades
The Cashtab Wallet team delivered a strong year of usability, performance, and ecosystem enhancements, including:
Support for instant transaction finalityCashtab Android app published on Google PlayWebSocket-powered real-time Agora orderbooksBIP21 support for shareable payment links and QR codes with preset $XEC or $FIRMA amountsRevamped header design for improved $XECx and $FIRMA managementAutomatic selection of the fastest Chronik nodeOptimized PayButton tx detectionPersistent browser extension storageFaster, more capable QR code scannerAbsolute minimum fees enabled for all usersPagination for transaction historyFull support for 64-bit integer Agora offers
Community & Milestones
🥳 We officially secured the premium @eCash handle on 𝕏🎉 eCash Day 2025 was celebrated on July 1st, marking 4 years since the rebrand🌐 Launched a redesigned eCash website to reflect the network’s next chapter📈 Staked $XEC reached a new all-time high of 315B+ XEC🔥 PayButton recorded a yearly transaction ATH with 1,311 daily transactions📊 Agora daily volume reached a new all-time high on August 8, 2025🎬 Final episode of Why Crypto — “Money” released:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mMMloxbwRg
🎤 Electronic Cash Conference 2025

On October 4–5, 2025, the Electronic Cash Conference (ECC 2025) was held in Spain, bringing together developers, researchers, and builders from across the electronic cash ecosystem.
During the conference, eCash founder Amaury Séchet officially announced Avalanche Pre-Consensus, publicly unveiling a milestone years in the making. The announcement outlined how eCash would achieve instant finality and real-time consensus on a Proof-of-Work blockchain, setting the stage for the mainnet activation that followed on November 15.
All sessions and talks from the ECC 2025 are available here: https://ecashconference.com
Looking Ahead
The progress achieved in 2025 positions eCash to better support real-world use cases. With a more capable and reliable foundation in place, the ecosystem can turn its attention toward applications and services designed to address practical needs.
The year ahead is about putting this momentum to work, transforming solid foundations into everyday usefulness. Happy New Year! 🥂
Originally Published: https://e.cash/blog/review-2025