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Bitcoin Cash (BCH)

Bitcoin Cash is a fork of Bitcoin created in 2017 to support larger block sizes and faster, cheaper transactions. It aims to function as “peer-to-peer electronic cash.”

Bitcoin Cash emerged from a long-running debate about Bitcoin scaling. Proponents of larger blocks argued that increasing the block size limit would allow more transactions and lower fees, keeping Bitcoin usable for everyday payments. After a hard fork in August 2017, Bitcoin Cash split from Bitcoin with an 8MB block size (later increased). BCH shares Bitcoin’s 21 million supply cap and Proof of Work consensus.

Bitcoin Cash has focused on merchant adoption and payments. It supports lower fees than Bitcoin and has implemented features like CashTokens for tokenization. The community has sometimes split-Bitcoin SV (BSV) forked from BCH in 2018. Despite competition from layer-2 solutions and other payment-focused coins, Bitcoin Cash maintains a dedicated user base and is widely accepted by merchants and payment processors.

Key Facts

• Symbol: BCH
• Max supply: 21 million
• Consensus: Proof of Work
• Use cases: Payments, low-fee transactions

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