📣 It’s recap time!

Catch up on all the latest eCash dev updates, news, and community highlights from May. Don't miss out! 👇🏻

🌟 Key Highlights - Cashtab Wallet

🖼️ Began development of eCash NFT marketplace

📒 Released the "ecash-lib" library for transaction building. Available at npmjs.com/package/ecash-lib

☑️ Integrated ecash-lib into Cashtab; all transactions now use Schnorr signatures, resulting in smaller txs and lower fees

🛠️ Chronik now indexes by LOKAD ID, allowing app transaction queries

🎨 Misc UI/UX improvements

🌟 Key Highlights - Bitcoin ABC Node Software

🛠💻 @Bitcoin_ABC released version 0.29.3, adding a new Lokad ID index to Chronik so developers can easily build applications on top of eCash.

🛠💻 @Bitcoin_ABC released versions 0.29.4 and 0.29.5 adding a checkpoint after the May 15th, 2024 network upgrade and bringing minor under-the-hood improvements.

➡️ Download it here: https://bitcoinabc.org/releases/

🌟 Key Highlights - eCash Network Upgrade

⚙️ The May 15th eCash $XEC network upgrade was successfully completed! 🎉

🔗 https://e.cash/upgrade/

🚨 If you forgot to upgrade and are still running version 0.28.x, you can use the release v0.29.4 (or later) to get back to the correct chain.

✨ eCash Avalanche Network Overview

Total Staked: 226.8B XEC
Number of Nodes: 94
Number of Peers: 71

🔗 https://avalanche.cash

🌟 Key Highlights - eCash Ecosystem

🚀 PayButton releases version 3.0.2. This release fixes hover text not working on regular payment dialogs, fixes OP_RETURN tests, and updates the docs. 🔥

🔗 https://x.com/eCashOfficial/status/1788465276645704101

🌟 Key Highlights - News/Media 🗞️

💪🏼 MEXC exchange announced support for the eCash network upgrade! ⚙️

🔗 https://www.mexc.com/support/articles/17827791515835 

💪🏼 Gate.io exchange announced support for the eCash network upgrade! ⚙️

🔗 https://www.gate.io/article/36419 

💪🏼 UPbit exchange announced support for the eCash network upgrade! ⚙️

🔗 https://upbit.com/service_center/notice?id=4198 

💪🏼 CoinEx exchange announced support for the eCash network upgrade! ⚙️

🔗 https://www.coinex.com/en/announcements/detail/26396382162580 

🌟 Key Highlights - Community & Milestones

🥳 eCash secured 1st place 🏆 in the #BestOfTheRest Crypto 🪙 Tourny organized by @UltimateCrypto7

🔗 https://x.com/UltimateCrypto7/status/1788670811060277537 

🎉 Our official Discord community reached 5K+ members! 🥳

That wraps up this month! 🙌

🤟 eCash Army, don't forget to follow and join our official social media accounts and community groups for more updates! ⤵️

https://ecash.community 

Originally Published: https://e.cash/blog/ecash-monthly-recap-may-2024