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Bitcoin CashBCH

Peer-to-peer electronic cash focus.

Bitcoin Cash is a Bitcoin-derived cryptocurrency whose community emphasizes on-chain payment capacity and everyday transfers. BCH operates on its own network and rules separate from BTC.

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BCH / ASSETPAYMENTS
ASSET NAMEBitcoin Cash
SYMBOLBCH
PRIMARY CATEGORYPayments
LEARN MORE5 RESEARCH TOPICS
01 / INTRODUCTION

What is Bitcoin Cash?

Bitcoin Cash is a Bitcoin-derived cryptocurrency whose community emphasizes on-chain payment capacity and everyday transfers. BCH operates on its own network and rules separate from BTC.

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Start with the fundamentalsFocus on the purpose of the network or token before looking at market activity.
02 / UNDER THE HOOD

Technology & network design

Proof-of-work mining secures the network. Bitcoin Cash follows a different approach to transaction capacity and block sizing than Bitcoin.

03 / THE ECOSYSTEM

How it is used

Direct payments, merchant integrations and peer-to-peer transfers.

04 / THE BIG PICTURE

What makes it different

BCH shares parts of Bitcoin’s heritage but has separate validators, markets, upgrades and network identifiers.

05 / KNOW THE RISKS

Risks & trade-offs

Chain confusion, market volatility, merchant adoption, custody risk and competition with other payment systems.

! Never send funds to an address you have not verified, and never share your wallet recovery phrase.