BCH Weekly News #115 (January 16, 2023)

HYPE BUILDS FOR THE BITCOIN CASH MAY UPGRADE.

A recent article on Coindesk speculates that the recent 10% price jump may be due building hype in the upcoming May upgrade to Bitcoin Cash which will include native tokens called "CashTokens" which will greatly increase Bitcoin Cash's abilities via on chain smart contracting.

BITCOIN CASH NODE UPGRADES TO VERSION 26.0.0.

BCHN, the leading node implementation for Bitcoin Cash has released version 26.0.0. This upgraded version includes changes to increase security as well as performance optimizations and more. Please check out the BCHN Github for full details.

MAINNET.CASH FLIPSTARTER FUNDED.

BCH Developer Pat has successfully run a flipstarter campaign to bring further developments and upgrades to Mainnet.cash. Mainnet.cash is a library that greatly increases the ease in which developers and designers can implement BCH in their work.

CASHSCRIPT FLIPSTARTER FUNDED.

CashScript is a high level language for BCH and sought 100 BCH to upgrade the language to support CashTokens which will go live in the May upgrade. The campaign was funded in a single day.

ZAPIT WALLET UPGRADES.

The latest upgrade to Zapit wallet includes a new feature that allows you to easily export your backup phrase file in a location of your choice encrypted by a password.

BCH 3D PRINTABLES CATALOG NOW IN VERSION 4.

BCH Enthusiast Natoshi Sakamoto has released the fourth volume of Bitcoin Cash 3D Printable THINGS. A collection of .STL files of everyday useful objects ready to be 3D printed at home. The goal of the project is to provide merchandising that can be produced in a private and homemade way. Feel free to explore the catalog and download any of the objects that you want to 3D print.