๐จ BITCOIN DEV WANTS TO FORK AND STEAL HALF OF SATOSHIโS COINS.
Long-time developer Paul Sztorc just dropped a bombshell: a hard fork called eCash launching August 2026 that gives every BTC holder 1:1 new coins except Satoshi.
His plan? Flag dormant โPatoshiโ wallets (the ~1.1 million BTC linked to Bitcoinโs creator) as inactive and manually redistribute up to half to โaccredited investorsโ and early backers.
Hereโs the raw pitch:
Hold your BTC at snapshot? You get the same amount in eCash. Sell it, keep it, or ignore it your call.
But Satoshiโs legendary stash? Only half remains claimable. The other ~550,000 BTC gets reassigned to fund development, drivechains, and โrevive lost coinsโ for better usability.
Sztorc is also baking in Drivechains for added programmability sidechains, prediction markets, the works while keeping the core SHA-256 mining.
Supporters say itโs pragmatic: dormant coins sitting idle for 17 years should fuel innovation instead of staying forever lost.
Critics are furious. This is outright theft. A dangerous precedent that attacks Bitcoinโs core promise of immutable ownership and sound money. If you can rewrite Satoshiโs coins today, whose keys are safe tomorrow?
The community is already split hard โ many calling it a betrayal of everything Bitcoin stands for.
One thing is clear: this isnโt just another fork. Itโs a direct challenge to Bitcoinโs founding principles at a time when the network is worth over a trillion.
August 2026 just became the most controversial date in crypto history.
Will it die quietly like most forksโฆ or ignite the biggest civil war since 2017?
Watch your keys. The debate is only getting louder.
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