BCH

Bitcoin Cash is a proof-of-work cryptocurrency that forked from Bitcoin in August 2017, increasing the block size limit to enable higher transaction throughput and lower fees per transaction. The fork was driven by a philosophical disagreement within the Bitcoin community over whether to scale through larger on-chain blocks or through second-layer solutions like the Lightning Network. BCH uses the same SHA-256 mining algorithm as Bitcoin and shares its transaction history up to the fork block. The network has undergone subsequent protocol upgrades including adaptive block size adjustments and support for token issuance through the CashTokens standard. Bitcoin Cash maintains a dedicated user base focused on peer-to-peer payment use cases, particularly in regions where low transaction fees are critical for everyday commerce. For traders, BCH typically moves with broader crypto market cycles and can exhibit sharp volatility during Bitcoin-ecosystem narrative shifts.