What Is Bitcoin Cash — (bch)?

: While BTC maintains a roughly 1MB block size (effectively up to 4MB with SegWit), BCH launched with an 8MB limit, which has since been increased to 32MB .

: A 2018 fork led by Craig Wright, focusing on even larger block sizes (initially 128MB) to strictly follow what he termed "Satoshi's Vision". What is Bitcoin Cash (BCH)?

: Due to its higher on-chain capacity, BCH fees typically remain under $0.01 , even during network congestion. : While BTC maintains a roughly 1MB block

: A 2020 split from the "Bitcoin ABC" implementation that rebranded to focus on technical performance and a new ticker. : A 2020 split from the "Bitcoin ABC"

: BCH can process approximately 116 transactions per second (TPS) , significantly higher than BTC's ~7 TPS.

: Unlike BTC's focus on off-chain layers like the Lightning Network, BCH supports native smart contracts through CashScript and tokenization via CashTokens . History of Major Forks