Bitcoin Cash

Bitcoin Cash is a cryptocurrency that is a fork of Bitcoin. Bitcoin Cash is a spin-off or altcoin that was created in 2017.

Bitcoin Cash
Denominations
CodeBCH
Precision10−8
Development
Implementation(s)Bitcoin Unlimited
Latest release1.9.1 / 17 February 2021 (2021-02-17)
Development statusActive
Project fork ofBitcoin
Ledger
Ledger start3 January 2009 (2009-01-03): ch. 35 
Split height#478559 / 1 August 2017 (2017-08-01)
Split fromBitcoin
Split ratio1:1
Timestamping schemeProof-of-work (partial hash inversion)
Hash functionSHA-256
Issuance scheduleInitially BCH 50 per block, halved every 210,000 blocks
Block rewardBCH 6.25
Block time10 minutes
Block explorerblockchair.com/bitcoin-cash/blocks
Supply limit21,000,000
Website
Websitebitcoincash.org
  1. As of April 2020; halved approximately every four years.
  2. The supply will approach, but never reach, BCH 21 million. Issuance will permanently halt around 2140 at BCH 20,999,999.9769.

In November 2018, Bitcoin Cash split further into two cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin SV.

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