Bitcoin Cash price (BCH)

What is Bitcoin Cash?

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) split from Bitcoin on August 1, 2017, after years of dispute over how to scale the network. Its backers, including early investor Roger Ver and large mining firms, argued Bitcoin should raise the block size and remain electronic cash rather than settle for a settlement-layer role. BCH began with 8 MB blocks, later 32 MB, keeping typical fees below a cent.

Under the hood BCH keeps Bitcoin’s SHA-256 proof of work, 21 million coin cap, and four-year halving schedule; the April 2024 halving cut block rewards to 3.125 BCH. The ASERT difficulty algorithm, adopted in 2020, stabilized mining after the fork era’s oscillations. Scheduled May upgrades add features: CashTokens in 2023 brought native tokens and covenant-style contracts, and adaptive block sizes arrived in 2024.

Two further splits shaped its history: Bitcoin SV broke away in November 2018 after a dispute involving Craig Wright, and the eCash faction left in 2020 over a proposed miner tax. BCH has drifted well below Bitcoin’s value ratio since forking, though it retains broad exchange support, inclusion in the EDX Markets institutional venue at its 2023 launch, and a durable payments community.

What moves the BCH price?

Hard-fork politics have produced BCH’s sharpest moves: the 2018 hash war with Bitcoin SV coincided with a broad market slide, while the 2020 eCash split passed more quietly. Halvings in 2020 and 2024 shape miner economics, and because BCH shares SHA-256 hardware with Bitcoin, profitability shifts can swing hashrate and perceived security quickly.

Access events matter disproportionately for BCH: its 2017 Coinbase listing, inclusion on EDX Markets in 2023, and the short squeeze that summer each moved the price sharply. Beyond that, BCH trades largely as a Bitcoin beta asset, rising and falling with BTC cycles, with CashTokens ecosystem growth a smaller ongoing variable.

Bitcoin Cash FAQ

What is Bitcoin Cash used for?

BCH targets everyday payments: sub-cent fees and larger blocks make small on-chain transactions practical without second layers. Merchants in pockets such as Townsville, Australia and St. Maarten accept it directly, and the 2023 CashTokens upgrade added native tokens and smart-contract capability for applications beyond simple transfers.

Is Bitcoin Cash’s supply the same as Bitcoin’s?

Yes, both cap at 21 million coins with halvings roughly every four years, and BCH inherited Bitcoin’s ledger up to the August 2017 fork, so anyone holding BTC then received equal BCH. The April 2024 halving lowered block rewards to 3.125 BCH. Over 19.8 million coins circulate as of early 2026.

Is Bitcoin Cash a good investment in 2026?

BCH offers proven infrastructure, a fixed supply, cheap transactions, and listings on regulated US venues. Its risks are equally concrete: a fraction of Bitcoin’s hashrate, a shrinking share of developer activity, past contentious splits, and dependence on a payments thesis that stablecoins increasingly serve. None of this is financial advice, and no recommendation is implied.

Where can I buy BCH?

You can trade BCH on the regulated exchange CEX.IO using fiat or crypto balances. Sign up with the promo code FREECRYPTO and, after making a first deposit, you receive 100 USDC toward trading fees, valid for the following 30 days.