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24h Volume$254.57M
7d Avg Daily$200.14M
30d Avg Daily$280.06M
365d Total$124.35B
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What is Bitcoin Cash?

Bitcoin Cash is a proof-of-work cryptocurrency that forked from Bitcoin on August 1, 2017 as a direct resolution to the block size debate — the multi-year dispute over whether to scale Bitcoin by increasing the block size limit or by adding a second-layer protocol. BCH immediately raised the block limit from 1 MB to 8 MB (later increased to 32 MB), prioritizing low on-chain fees and peer-to-peer payments over settlement-layer minimalism. BCH shares Bitcoin's entire transaction history up to block 478,558 and the same SHA-256 proof-of-work, but the two chains have been technically and economically separate since the fork.

Bitcoin Cash's design philosophy prioritizes global peer-to-peer cash over digital gold. Its larger blocks allow more transactions per block, keeping median fees consistently below one cent even during high-activity periods. BCH deliberately did not adopt Segregated Witness — the upgrade its larger-block proponents rejected during the scaling debate — and instead has its own CashAddr address format (using the bitcoincash: prefix), and activated a smart contract scripting extension called CashTokens in 2023 that allows fungible and non-fungible token creation directly on the base layer without a separate VM. This is a structural contrast with Bitcoin, which has kept base-layer scripting minimal and pushed functionality to Lightning.

Bitcoin Cash has experienced its own contentious splits. In November 2018, a dispute between developer factions led by Roger Ver and Craig Wright resulted in a further fork producing Bitcoin SV (BSV). In November 2020, a proposed Infrastructure Funding Plan that would have diverted 8% of block rewards to a developer fund was rejected by a significant mining faction, resulting in another fork producing Bitcoin Cash ABC (BCHA, now eCash). Each split diluted the BCH community and miner base. The core criticism remains that larger blocks do not solve scalability at global internet scale — at 32 MB per block and 10-minute intervals, the full node requirements grow faster than consumer hardware can keep up with, threatening decentralization over time.

Reviewed by the 2Bitcoins Editorial Team · Updated . Not financial advice.

Bitcoin Cash FAQ

Why did Bitcoin Cash fork from Bitcoin in 2017?+

The Bitcoin community was divided over how to handle increasing transaction volume. One camp (supported by most Bitcoin Core developers) favored keeping blocks small and building payment channels via the Lightning Network. The other camp, including many miners and exchanges, wanted to raise the block size limit directly to allow more on-chain transactions and lower fees. When the SegWit2x upgrade — which would have eventually doubled Bitcoin's block size — collapsed, the larger-block faction implemented their own fork, creating Bitcoin Cash with an immediate 8 MB block limit.

What are CashTokens on Bitcoin Cash?+

CashTokens (activated May 2023) is a protocol upgrade that adds native token issuance to the Bitcoin Cash base layer. Developers can create fungible tokens (analogous to ERC-20) and non-fungible tokens (analogous to ERC-721) using BCH's existing UTXO scripting system, without deploying a separate virtual machine. CashTokens are stored in UTXOs alongside BCH, meaning they inherit the same security model as BCH itself rather than depending on a separate smart contract.

Is Bitcoin Cash the same as Bitcoin SV?+

No. Bitcoin SV (Satoshi Vision) forked from Bitcoin Cash in November 2018 in a dispute led by Craig Wright and Calvin Ayre, who wanted to restore original Satoshi-era script opcodes and dramatically increase the block size to gigabytes. BCH and BSV have been separate chains with separate communities, miners, and market prices since that fork. A third fork, eCash (XEC), split from BCH in November 2020 over a developer funding proposal.

Bitcoin Cash key numbers

Price (USD)$214.37
Market cap$4.30B
24h low / high$213.75 → $227.28
24h change 3.19%
7d change 6.89%
Circulating supply20.05M BCH

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Bitcoin Cash Markets

#ExchangePairPriceVolume (24h)Trust
1Coinbase Exchange logoCoinbase ExchangeBCH/USD$214.56$9.14M
2Binance logoBinanceBCH/USDT$214.41$22.07M
3Gate logoGateBCH/USDT$214.38$6.31M
4Kraken logoKrakenBCH/USD$214.07$2.97M
5Bitget logoBitgetBCH/USDT$214.51$3.18M
6MEXC logoMEXCBCH/USDT$214.38$7.30M
7OKX logoOKXBCH/USDT$214.53$4.42M
8Ourbit logoOurbitBCH/USDT$214.18$8.78M
9WEEX logoWEEXBCH/USDT$214.38$6.63M
10BitMart logoBitMartBCH/USDT$214.43$6.59M
11DigiFinex logoDigiFinexBCH/USDT$214.38$2.67M
12LBank logoLBankBCH/USDT$214.38$2.72M
13CoinW logoCoinWBCH/USDT$214.37$4.24M
14Hibt logoHibtBCH/USDT$214.38$8.45M
15P2B logoP2BBCH/USDT$214.30$7.91M
16XT.COM logoXT.COMBCH/USDT$214.41$11.29M
17WhiteBIT logoWhiteBITBCH/USDT$214.30$4.08M
18KuCoin logoKuCoinBCH/USDT$214.57$2.45M
19Bitvavo logoBitvavoBCH/EUR$214.32$1.93M
20Bybit logoBybitBCH/USDT$214.29$4.06M