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.
