If you’ve been waiting for an execution lane inside Elastos that feels purpose-built for serious finance and rights-driven apps, the light just flipped green. The Elastos ECO chain is here: an EVM blockchain anchored by Bitcoin’s security through merged mining, and bootstrapped by Elastos DAO council nodes. Its goal is simple: give high-frequency dApps a fast, modular lane without disrupting the rest of the Elastos stack. Elastos has always been a global community, and to further enhance the tie between the east and the west, we have launched this ecochain where a large community will be migrating to this new chain to kickstart this new era.
Who Secures the Elastos ECO Chain?
ECO block production is powered by 12 Elastos DAO council nodes. Each councilor is elected annually by ELA holders and posts a 5,000 ELA bond form the Elastos mainchain, allowing ECO to inherit Bitcoin-grade security via merged mining, currently tapping ~50% of BTC hashrate. The roadmap is to evolve into a BPoS validator set operated by the broader community, with rewards flowing directly to those securing ECO. A clear validator program with timelines and documentation is expected.
Gas & UX: Pay in PGA, Settle in ELA
ECO integrates ERC-4337 account abstraction with a Paymaster system. This allows users to pay gas in popular tokens while nodes settle fees in ELA under the hood. For users, this means:
- Wallets can abstract or sponsor gas.
- Transactions can bundle actions for efficiency.
- Onboarding is easier since you don’t need native tokens to start.
Final settlement still ties back to the Elastos economy, aligning utility with ELA. ECO was designed to isolate heavy traffic for third party builders — Bitcoin-backed stablecoins, high-frequency DeFi, and AI-intensive contracts, so these don’t throttle general dApps on ESC. That modular design, emphasizing upgrade agility and throughput isolation, was exactly what the Elastos DAO passed in Proposal #192. ECO isn’t a walled garden, it’s an open surface for developers who need fast finality with Bitcoin-anchored security.
Day-Zero Checklist for Builders
- EVM compatibility → Redeploy Solidity contracts with minimal changes.
- ERC-4337 stack → EntryPoint v6, Paymaster, bundler, and TS SDK already tested.
- Wallets → Supported in Elastos Essentials; third-party wallets also integrating.
- Governance surface → Council-run block production at launch; BPoS validator program coming soon.
- In-ecosystem: Essentials → ELA Transfer into ECO and across sidechains from mainchain (Mainchain ⇄ ESC ⇄ EID ⇄ ECO).
What Users Will Notice
- Gas that just works → Pay in any crypto, settle in ELA.
- Faster, more predictable confirmations → Designed for high-frequency usage.
- BTCFi support → Usable for settlement, remittances, and denominated pricing inside dApps.
Networks details:
- Network name: Elastos ECO
- RPC URL: https://api.elastos.io/eco
- Chain ID: 12343 (hex 0x3037)
- Currency symbol: ELA
- Block explorer: https://eco.elastos.io (if your wallet insists on the port, use https://eco.elastos.io:443)
What’s next?
- PG BTCFi milestones: minting, vaults, and integrations.
- Validator program paper with BPoS specs and economics.
- First DEX pools and fee-oracle behavior under load.
- ERC-4337 in real apps with sponsored transactions.
- Security audits and endpoints published for public use.
The first internet connected pages. The second connected people. The third connects ownership—on lanes secured by Bitcoin and governed by the people who actually use them. ECO is Elastos putting that theory on chain: community-elected nodes at genesis, a path to open validation, and the UX to make it feel normal. Head over to the ECO explorer to see the activity happening right now on chain!
