Bitcoin Cash

Bitcoin Cash
Denominations
CodeBCH
Precision10−8
Development
Implementation(s)Bitcoin Cash Node ("BCHN")
Bitcoin Unlimited ("BU")
Bitcoin Verde ("Verde")
K•th
BCHD
BCHC
Latest releaseBCHN: 28.0.1 / December 29, 2024
Project fork ofbitcoin
Written inBCHN: C++
BU: C++
Verde: Java
K•th: C++
BCHD: Go
BCHC: C++
LicenseBCHN: MIT
BU: MIT
Verde: MIT
K•th: MIT
BCHD: ISC
BCHC: MIT
Ledger
Ledger start3 January 2009 (2009-01-03)
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 scheduleBlock reward halved every 210,000 blocks
Block rewardBCH 3.125
Block time10 minutes
Block explorerblockchair.com/bitcoin-cash/blocks
Circulating supply19,767,947
Supply limit21,000,000
Website
Websitebitcoincash.org
  1. As of August 2024; halves approximately every four years.
  2. As of September 2024
  3. The supply will approach, but never reach, BCH 21 million. Issuance will permanently halt around 2140 at BCH 20,999,999.9769.

Bitcoin Cash (also referred to as Bcash) is a cryptocurrency that is a fork of bitcoin. Launched in 2017, Bitcoin Cash is considered an altcoin or spin-off of bitcoin. In November 2018, Bitcoin Cash further split into two separate cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BSV).