Futures
Access hundreds of perpetual contracts
TradFi
Gold
One platform for global traditional assets
Options
Hot
Trade European-style vanilla options
Unified Account
Maximize your capital efficiency
Demo Trading
Introduction to Futures Trading
Learn the basics of futures trading
Futures Events
Join events to earn rewards
Demo Trading
Use virtual funds to practice risk-free trading
Launch
CandyDrop
Collect candies to earn airdrops
Launchpool
Quick staking, earn potential new tokens
HODLer Airdrop
Hold GT and get massive airdrops for free
Pre-IPOs
Unlock full access to global stock IPOs
Alpha Points
Trade on-chain assets and earn airdrops
Futures Points
Earn futures points and claim airdrop rewards
Promotions
AI
Gate AI
Your all-in-one conversational AI partner
Gate AI Bot
Use Gate AI directly in your social App
GateClaw
Gate Blue Lobster, ready to go
Gate for AI Agent
Gate MCP
Gate Skills Hub
10K+ Skills
From office tasks to trading, the all-in-one skill hub makes AI even more useful.
GateRouter
Smartly choose from 30+ AI models, with 0% extra fees
Bitcoin Developer Paul Sztorc Announces Launch of BTC Hard Fork Network eCash in August
On April 25, Bitcoin developer Paul Sztorc announced that the eCash network, a hard fork of Bitcoin continuing to use the SHA-256 hashing algorithm, will be launched in August this year. This proposal will introduce a new competitive Layer blockchain and seven Layer 2 scaling networks called ‘drivechains.’ BTC holders will be able to exchange their BTC for eCash at a 1:1 ratio once the hard fork goes live. Paul Sztorc stated that unlike Bitcoin Cash in 2017, eCash will not use the ‘Bitcoin’ name. However, the plan to manually redistribute a portion of Satoshi Nakamoto’s approximately 1.1 million BTC to early investors has sparked significant controversy within the community, with some Bitcoin supporters criticizing the move as ‘theft and disrespect.’