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Bitcoin Cash

Bitcoin Cash

Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash

Launch Year
2017
Consensus
Proof of Work
Max Supply
21 million BCH
Block Time
~10 minutes
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Bitcoin Cash
Price
24h Change
Market Cap
Volume (24h)
Circulating Supply
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About Bitcoin Cash

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is a cryptocurrency created in 2017 as a Bitcoin fork designed to enable fast, low-cost peer-to-peer payments. Bitcoin Cash increases the blockchain's block size limit from 1MB to 32MB, allowing significantly more transactions per second than Bitcoin. This design choice prioritizes transaction throughput and practical usability for everyday payments over store-of-value properties. Bitcoin Cash has strong merchant adoption, particularly in regions with underdeveloped banking infrastructure. The BCH ecosystem includes the CashToken protocol for native token issuance and smart contract capabilities. BCH continues to be popular among users seeking Bitcoin's original vision of digital cash for peer-to-peer transactions.

History

2017
Bitcoin Cash hard fork creates BCH with 8MB block size on August 1
2018
BCH increases block size limit to 32MB to enable further scaling
2021
CashToken upgrade enables native tokens and smart contracts on BCH
2023
Bitcoin Cash reaches $200+ market cap with merchant adoption in 100+ countries
2024
BCH ecosystem expands with increased stablecoin support and payment integrations

How to Swap BCH

Swapping Bitcoin Cash on SyntheticSwap leverages BCH's fast block times. Connect your BCH-compatible wallet (Ledger, Electron Cash, or Bitcoin Cash ABC wallet), select BCH as your source, choose your destination (Bitcoin, Ethereum, altcoins, stablecoins), and confirm the floating rate. Your BCH will be instantly converted without KYC, and your destination asset will be sent to your wallet.

How to Store BCH

Bitcoin Cash is stored in BCH-compatible wallets. Ledger hardware wallets offer maximum security, while Electron Cash and Bitcoin.com Wallet provide desktop/mobile options. All BCH wallets require a seed phrase backup — store offline and never share. Remember that BCH on centralized exchanges is custodial; move significant amounts to your own wallet for security.

Frequently Asked Questions