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Bitcoin Cash (BCH)
BCHData: Coinbase · updated 9/6/2026, 1:02:17 PM
What Bitcoin Cash does
- Aims to function as usable digital cash for everyday payments
- Uses larger block sizes than Bitcoin to allow more transactions per block
- Capped at a maximum supply of 21 million coins, inherited from Bitcoin's original design
- Secured by proof-of-work mining, similar to Bitcoin
Risks to know
- The Bitcoin Cash community itself split further in 2018, spinning off Bitcoin SV, reflecting ongoing governance disagreements in this lineage
- Merchant and developer adoption is smaller than Bitcoin's
- Price is volatile and tends to move with broader crypto market sentiment
- Competes with many other payment-focused cryptocurrencies for the same use case
Where to trade BCH
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Frequently asked questions
Why did Bitcoin Cash split from Bitcoin?
In August 2017, a group of developers and miners disagreed with Bitcoin's approach to scaling and forked the network to create Bitcoin Cash, which uses larger block sizes intended to keep transaction fees low as usage grows.
Is Bitcoin Cash the same as Bitcoin?
No. They share a common history up to the 2017 fork, but they are separate blockchains and cryptocurrencies with different rules and communities since then.
Does Bitcoin Cash have a maximum supply?
Yes. Bitcoin Cash inherited Bitcoin's 21 million coin supply cap at the time of the fork.
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