Despite a new software release, growing interest, and a high quality interview by a reputable interviewer, this week eCash (XEC) has fallen further out of grace with crypto currency traders. With Bitcoin reaching new all time high and most top 50 coins also closed the week with a positive result newer investors saw their determination and patience tested. The Bitcoin ABC team seems unfazed by all of it as it continues to build and work on accomplishing the goals. Regardless, let's take a closer look at what happened this Week in eCash.
Bitcoin ABC Releases New Full Node Software Version
Regular as clockwork eCash’s development team Bitcoin ABC released a new version of the full node software on Tuesday October 19th. It shows their continued work on maintaining and improving the software. This 0.24.4 version includes various wallet and RPC improvements as well as a new ZeroMQ notification interface. Keep your full node software up to date by downloading this latest software version.
XEC Article by Ivan on Tech Found.
With the internet buzzing with XEC and general crypto information and news, at times something interesting is missed. An article focusing on eCash (XEC) posted on the Moralis Academy website and written by well known YouTube crypto influencer Ivan on Tech is a good example of that. Published on September 28, a link to “Exploring eCash and the XEC token” was first noticed by the eCash community on October 19th when the official eCash Twitter account shared a link to it. Not completely accurate in its presentation of eCash facts and fundamentals, it is great to see that more and more people are able to learn about eCash (XEC). As such the article deserved a place in The Week in eCash even though it was published before.
CashTab Wallet Moves to New URL
On Wednesday October 20 a new article by eCash News Today put a spotlight on the new Cashtab.com domain for the popular CashTab web wallet. Located before on the more difficult to remember cashtabapp.com domain, people now can migrate their wallet to the new domain that perfectly matches the name of the wallet. The article provides readers with some information on how to migrate but most importantly reminds everybody to back up 12 word seed phrases today if you have not done so in the past.
Two Part Interview with Amaury Séchet by Casey Muratori
Casey Muratori, a professional programmer who specializes in game engine research and development with over 30 years of experience, announced interviewing eCash lead developer Amaury Séchet on Wednesday October 20th. As part of a series of interviews, Muratori asks his guests basic questions about cryptocurrency technology to better gauge the attitudes and opinions in the cryptocurrency community. The animated interview between Séchet and Muratori covered many areas that ranged from technical to economical, the future of money and freedom, proof of work versus proof of stake, nakamoto consensus and avalanche consensus, information more specific for eCash (XEC) and more general crypto and blockchain information. In the end one session proved not enough and 2 videos of together almost 3 hours were posted on YouTube on the 21st.
The first session digs deep into the technical workings of crypto and focuses on the system as it is being developed for eCash (XEC). Part 2 takes a higher view of what crypto and a system like eCash can offer to the world, the hurdles and how Séchet sees the future of financial systems, money and human freedom. Muratori’s followers are not typically involved in crypto but are all very technical and so it is no surprise that at some points the content digs deep into the inner workings, its qualities and shortcomings. They nonetheless are interesting and informative interview sessions also for less technical parties interested in eCash (XEC)
Interest In eCash XEC Continues to Grow
Only 18 days after reaching 30,000 followers, the eCash official Twitter account announced it had reached a 40,000 followers milestone on Thursday October 18th. Other people are reporting growing numbers of people are putting eCash (XEC) on their watchlist. Although price development is currently not reflecting this growing interest it may indicate that increasing numbers of traders and investors are closely watching, waiting for news that market sentiment turns and price moves back up.
CoinRanking.com Adds Correct eCash (XEC) listing
After other crypto currency ranking sites completed BCHA to eCash (XEC) rebranding some time ago, CoinRanking.com announced on Friday that their users now also find correct eCash (XEC) listing on the site. The new page unfortunately does not show previous information but nonetheless it is good to also see more and more smaller projects and websites get on board with the rebranding.
GNC Application Deadline October 29th
After announcing the URL to the GNC website last week Friday, this Friday the official eCash Twitter account gave a small amount of information including an application deadline. The tweet reads:
“What is the GNC? The GNC is a group of proven eCash stakeholders who guide reinvestment in the eCash ecosystem. Applications are due by Friday, Oct 29. https://gnc.e.cash” . The GNC or Global Network Council was first presented as a governance system in August 2020 and explained in more detail in September of that year. Although those articles are taken down it is thought that this website containing an application form, shows the Bitcoin ABC team is following that governance model for eCash (XEC)
eCash Contest / Giveaway Update
Another week means another 7 winners of the daily 1,000,000 XEC prize that is part of the eCash content contest organised by @CainBCHA. 7 more contenders for the 3 grand prizes totalling 50,000,000 XEC that will be awarded at the end of the contest to the best of those 100 daily winners. Let’s see who this week's winners are.
Sunday October 17, day 68 of the contest saw @IsaMaulana_ win for the 4th time. This time his eCash Cat graphic won during a Twitter poll. The next day @devandafp wins for creating epic eCash memes. On Tuesday @xecSwordfish was awarded a 1 million XEC prize for thinking outside the box and coming up with an idea to help market XEC rather than just complaining about the price. @alitayin won Wednesday's prize for transcribing part 1 of the Casey Muratori / Amaury Séchet interview using AI. The next day @fcm62O was rewarded for transcribing part 2 of that interview. Friday saw @Germath_29 rewarded for his GarisKerasXEC Telegram group and last winner of the week @Ismail_i_ is praised for spreading so much positivity and being focused on the goal which inspires others. Even CainBCHA.
With that all the winners of the past week are known. It remains a pleasure and an inspiration to see what eCash supporters create and post showing they understand the vision and the goal and why it is important to keep working towards that goal even if others voice doubts and spread fear. We are looking forward to another week of great content and deserving winners.
Total prize money: 150 million XEC
Awarded to date: 74 million XEC
Still to be awarded:
26 million XEC in daily prizes and 50 million XEC in grand prizes
@IsaMaulana_wins Day 68
This Weeks Market Action
Another trying week for eCash holders and traders as the price slipped further down as Bitcoin and other major crypto currencies gained steam and Bitcoin (BTC) even managed to break through and reach a new all time high of 67K USD before settling down at slightly lower levels. The positive market sentiment was not limited to Bitcoin as most top 50 coins ended the week with green numbers.
Unfortunately eCash XEC was amongst the exceptions. Although a tweet at the beginning of the week showed it to be ranked 3 on a chart showing 90 days performance of top 50 crypto currencies (showing still as BCHA on that graphic), the more short term charts show a less positive picture. Starting the week at a price of $0.00020866 eCash (XEC) price declined all week with considerable volatility in the middle of the week and a bottom of $0.00018219 on Wednesday to close Saturday night at a price of $0.00019354. A further loss of 7.24% while slipping from rank #49 end of last week, out of the top 50 to market cap ranking #52.
Fundamental development work on the eCash protocol, infrastructure software and governance models continues to show steady progress. Interest continues to grow for the project and its developers. eCash NEWS Today will continue to monitor and report on what is happening and how eCash (XEC) is performing on the global crypto currency markets,
@devandafp wins Day 69
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