eCurrency: Fixed-supply layer-1 for digital payments

eCurrency, a Layer-1 payments blockchain operating since 2018, highlights fixed supply, fast settlement, and scalable transaction capacity for digital payments.

eCurrency is a Layer-1 blockchain built for digital payments. It has been running in production since 2018. The protocol is designed for what matters in moving money online: predictable settlement, predictable low cost, and security that keeps pace as computing evolves.

Every design decision in eCurrency is made for payments. The network uses UTXO-native Proof-of-Stake consensus with 10-second block intervals and a fixed supply of 333,333,333 ECR. No new ECR can ever be issued, so the supply is permanently settled, and there is no inflation to dilute holders. Validators participate without capital lockups and face no slashing risk, keeping their funds liquid while they help secure the chain. Each block can carry up to 65,535 transactions, giving the network real headroom for payment volume.

eCurrency is payment infrastructure. Bitcoin showed that decentralized networks can settle value without intermediaries. eCurrency takes that principle and applies it to a protocol built for moving money at scale. It also supports programmable payments through client-side smart contracts.

Contract logic runs on the client’s side, and the network verifies the resulting state transitions. The chain stays lean because it does not run a global virtual machine for every contract. 

Moving money across borders still costs too much. The World Bank’s Remittance Prices Worldwide database reported a global average cost of sending a remittance of 6.36% in the third quarter of 2025. That is more than double the 3% target set under the UN Sustainable Development Goals. eCurrency is built to deliver low, predictable fees and fast settlement on an open network.

ECR is used for transaction processing and validator participation in the network. It does not grant ownership, governance, or profit rights.

Security is built for a future that includes quantum computing, and this is where eCurrency separates itself from the major Layer-1 networks. Most leading chains rely on classical elliptic-curve signatures such as ECDSA or EdDSA. Those schemes are theoretically breakable by a large enough quantum computer running Shor’s algorithm, and most of these networks have no built-in way to change their cryptography. Migrating them later would mean a disruptive hard fork.

eCurrency was designed differently from the start. It uses Falcon, a digital signature scheme selected by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) within its Post-Quantum Cryptography standardization process. Falcon resists known quantum attacks, including Shor’s algorithm, and its compact signatures and fast verification suit a high-throughput payment network. The protocol also supports ECDSA and Schnorr, and cryptographic agility is built into the consensus layer, so new algorithms can be added through soft-fork upgrades without replacing the chain. Public keys stay hidden until funds are spent, which lowers exposure to precomputation attacks.

Validator rewards are set at the protocol level, where transaction fees are collected in a Reward Fund. Each validated block pays the validator one-five-hundredth of that fund. This deterministic payout keeps validator income steady and removes the fee-sniping incentives seen in models where block producers take fees directly.

Listing discussions with exchanges are underway, and ECR is moving toward wider availability. Follow eCurrency on X and Telegram to know when and where you can trade ECR.

The full protocol specification is available in the eCurrency whitepaper on the official website.

About eCurrency

eCurrency is a fixed-supply Layer-1 blockchain built for digital payments. It combines UTXO-native Proof-of-Stake consensus, post-quantum cryptography with Falcon, deterministic validator rewards, and client-side smart contracts. The network has been live since 2018.