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About Bitcoin Cash
Bitcoin Cash is a fork of Bitcoin that seeks to add more transaction capacity to the network in order to be useful for everyday transactions.
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Trading Insights
Buyer Ratio
61%0%
Traders
2K
-4.88%
Buyers
1.2K
4.14%
Sellers
878
-15.5%
Searched
1.5K
Market Stats
Market Cap
$9.92B
FDV
$10.47B
Circ. Supply
20M BCH
Max Supply
21M BCH
Total Supply
20M BCH
Performance
Popularity
#16
Dominance
0.27%
Volume (24H)
$394.37M
0.7%
Volume (7D)
$2.82B
Volume (30D)
$11.14B
All time high
$9.50K
Price Change (1Y)
32.68%
Additional details
Market details
BCH vs markets
↘ 17.13%
BCH vs BTC
↘ 28.35%
BCH vs ETH
↗ 42%
Tags
mineable
pow
sha-256
marketplace
+8
Network & Addresses
Network | Address | |
|---|---|---|
Bitcoin Cash | NA |
Price history
Time | Price | Change |
|---|---|---|
Today | $497.26 | ↗ 2.24% |
1 Day | $491.14 | ↗ 1.73% |
1 Week | $508.22 | ↘ 2.02% |
1 Month | $466.47 | ↗ 6.75% |
1 Year | $375.32 | ↗ 32.68% |
Coinbase insights
Recent trends
The latest BCH price is $497.26. Compared to Bitcoin Cash's value of $491.14 from 24 hours ago, there's been a 2% increase, while the current price is -2% down from $508.22 which was recorded one week ago. Bitcoin Cash's all time high is $9,500.00, which was reached on December 20, 2017. This is a -95% change from its price today.
The current circulating supply of Bitcoin Cash is 19,897,978. This is 95% of its max supply of 21,000,000 BCH and 100% of its total supply of 19,897,978. The market cap is currently $9.92B, which is a result of multiplying the current price of Bitcoin Cash($497.26) by the total supply(19,897,978 BCH). The fully diluted valuation of Bitcoin Cash is $10.47B. The diluted valuation of Bitcoin Cash is $10.47B.
Bitcoin Cash had 1,233 buyers, 878 sellers and total 2,025 trades in the last 24h. Bitcoin Cash was searched 1,540 times in the last 24h.
FAQ
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is a decentralized cryptocurrency that operates on a peer-to-peer electronic cash system. It was "forked" from Bitcoin (BTC), the world's largest cryptocurrency, in 2017 due to a division over the protocol's future. A fork happens whenever a community makes a change to the blockchain's protocol or basic set of rules, which results in a new blockchain. In the case of Bitcoin Cash, the community set out to create a cryptocurrency that's better suited than Bitcoin for cheap, every day payments. Bitcoin itself, despite originally being named "Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash" in its whitepaper published in 2009, may not be well-suited for use as cash in everyday purchases due to its fees. Bitcoin Cash aims to scale to accommodate global payment system demands, with a block size of 32MB as of 2023, compared to Bitcoin's 1MB block size. The larger block size of Bitcoin Cash is intended to handle more transactions per second and aims to maintain lower fees.
Bitcoin Cash operates on a Proof-of-Work (PoW) consensus mechanism, similar to Bitcoin. Miners solve complex computational puzzles to validate transactions and create new blocks. The larger block size of Bitcoin Cash allows for faster transaction processing and aims to maintain lower fees compared to Bitcoin. Bitcoin Cash also supports smart contracts and ecosystem apps. With a capped total supply of 21 million coins and a circulated supply of 19.56M tokens in November 2023, Bitcoin Cash has a limited supply and aims to facilitate easy transactions, with transactions typically costing less than a tenth of a cent.
Bitcoin Cash has a variety of potential use cases. It can be used for peer-to-peer payments between individuals and to pay participating merchants for goods and services both in-store and online. Its structure may support micro-transaction economies, such as tipping content creators and rewarding app users a few cents. Bitcoin Cash also seeks to streamline remittances and cross-border trade. Other potential use cases include tokens, simplified smart contracts, and private payments with tools such as CashShuffle and CashFusion.
Bitcoin Cash was created in 2017 as an alternative to Bitcoin. The creation was a result of a disagreement within the Bitcoin community over scaling issues and the SegWit upgrade. A faction within the community proposed a hard fork to increase the block size limit, which led to the creation of Bitcoin Cash. The reason that Bitcoin Cash's technology was rejected by many Bitcoin developers and users is that a larger blockchain (that can support a greater number of transactions and thus cheaper transactions) comes with a key trade-off. A larger blockchain is harder to validate and store on thousands of computers around the world, which is the foundation of Bitcoin's decentralized nature (such as ensuring that no individual, company, or organization can tamper with Bitcoin's blockchain at its core). Since its inception, Bitcoin Cash has faced its own set of challenges and milestones, including a hard fork in November 2018 that led to the creation of Bitcoin SV (BSV), a separate cryptocurrency.
One way to use Bitcoin Cash is to find a merchant that accepts purchases via Coinbase Commerce. Coinbase Commerce enables merchants to accept Bitcoin Cash transactions easily.
Bitcoin Cash is available via many crypto exchanges and finance apps, including Coinbase.
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The current market cap of Bitcoin Cash is $9.92B. A high market cap implies that the asset is highly valued by the market.
The all-time high of Bitcoin Cash is $9,500.00. This all-time high is highest price paid for Bitcoin Cash since it was launched.
Over the last 24 hours, the trading volume of Bitcoin Cash is $394.37M.
Assets that have a similar market cap to Bitcoin Cash include Hedera, Avalanche, Chainlink, and many others. To see a full list, see our comparable market cap assets.
The current circulating supply of Bitcoin Cash is 20 million.
Bitcoin Cash ranks 20 among tradable assets on Coinbase. Popularity is currently based on relative market cap.
Currently, 98% of Coinbase users are buying Bitcoin Cash. In other words, 98% of Coinbase customers have increased their net position in Bitcoin Cash over the past 24 hours through trading.
Yes, Bitcoin Cash is currently available on Coinbase’s centralized exchange. For more detailed instructions, check out our helpful how to buy Bitcoin Cash guide.
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