Bitcoin Cash

BCH CMC #20 in the snapshot

A Bitcoin-derived payment chain that prioritizes scaling transactions on its base layer.

Profile checked 14 Nov 2026Asset ranks captured 14 Nov 2026Snapshot & methodology ↗

01 / THE PURPOSE

What is Bitcoin Cash for?

Bitcoin Cash became a separate network in the 2017 scaling split. It retains a peer-to-peer cash focus while evolving its own consensus rules and application capabilities.

02 / THE ARCHITECTURE

Three questions about the machinery.

How does it agree?

Consensus & security

SHA-256 proof-of-work selects the accepted valid history. Sharing a mining algorithm with Bitcoin does not mean sharing its hash power at all times or inheriting its exact security.

Where do instructions run?

Execution model

It uses UTXO accounting and scripting. CashTokens add native fungible and non-fungible assets; adaptive block limits support the project’s approach to onchain capacity.

What is the token for?

BCH in the system

BCH is the native payment and fee asset. BTC and BCH have independent balances, histories and network destinations despite their common ancestry.

03 / THE DESIGN CHOICES

What comes with the design?

Each architecture makes choices about security, performance, coordination, and who can participate.

Larger capacity can raise node bandwidth and storage requirements as use grows.
Mining economics and reorganization exposure are specific to BCH; broadcast is not final settlement.

04 / IN PRACTICE

Follow one use.

Illustrative: paying a BCH invoice requires a BCH transfer. Holding BTC in a wallet does not automatically fund that invoice, even if both assets trace back to the same pre-split history.

05 / CHECK THE EXPLANATION

Sources & snapshot.

Network descriptions use the references below. The CoinMarketCap snapshot determines which assets are in scope and their captured rank; it does not assess the quality of a network.

Bitcoin Cash · Network and history Bitcoin Cash
CoinMarketCap top 100 snapshot Captured 14 Nov 2026 · See the complete scope audit
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) on CoinMarketCap Captured asset rank #20

Profile checked 14 Nov 2026. Network designs and ranked positions can change.