1.9.1 / 17 February 2021; 3 years ago (2021-02-17)[2]
Development status
Active
Project fork of
Bitcoin
Ledger
Ledger start
3 January 2009 (15 years ago) (2009-01-03)[3][4]: ch. 35
Split height
#478559 / 1 August 2017 (6 years ago) (2017-08-01)
Split from
Bitcoin
Split ratio
1:1
Timestamping scheme
Proof-of-work (partial hash inversion)
Hash function
SHA-256
Issuance schedule
Initially BCH 50 per block, halved every 210,000 blocks
Block reward
BCH 6.25
[a]
Block time
10 minutes
Block explorer
blockchair.com/bitcoin-cash/blocks
Supply limit
21,000,000[b]
Website
Website
bitcoincash.org[citation needed]
^As of April 2020; halved approximately every four years.
^The supply will approach, but never reach, BCH 21 million. Issuance will permanently halt around 2140 at BCH 20,999,999.9769.
Bitcoin Cash is a cryptocurrency that is a fork of Bitcoin. Bitcoin Cash is a spin-off or altcoin that was created in 2017.[5][6]
In November 2018, Bitcoin Cash split further into two cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin SV.[7]
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^Vigna, Paul (23 December 2017). "Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, Ether, Oh My! What's With All the Bitcoin Clones?". WSJ. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
^Wilson, Tom (17 July 2019). "Smaller cryptocurrencies feel pain as criticism of Facebook's Libra grows". Reuters. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
^Kharif, Olga (23 November 2018). "Bitcoin Cash Wars End With No Relief for Biggest Cryptocurrency". Bloomberg LP. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
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