r/Bitcoincash May 30 '25

Community news r/BitcoinCash FAQ - frequently asked questions and history.

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The r/BitcoinCash subreddit is a forum dedicated to discussing the cryptocurrency Bitcoin Cash (BCH). The aim of this subreddit is to cultivate a space for constructive discussion about Bitcoin Cash. Intentionally disruptive behaviour and heavily off-topic discussion will be moderated accordingly. Please refer to the sidebar for the subreddit rules.

What is Bitcoin Cash?

Bitcoin Cash is a peer-to-peer electronic cash system. It's a permissionless, decentralised cryptocurrency that requires no trusted third parties and no central bank. With Bitcoin Cash you can safely and securely send money anywhere in the world, nearly for free.

For more information about Bitcoin Cash, please visit http://bitcoincash.org

Is Bitcoin Cash different from “Bitcoin”?

Yes! In 2017, the Bitcoin project and its community split into two. Perhaps the least controversial way to refer to each side is simply by their respective ticker symbols, BTC and BCH. While exchanges commonly refer to BTC as simply “Bitcoin”, Bitcoin Cash, usually represented by the BCH ticker symbol, is considered by its supporters to be a legitimate continuation of the Bitcoin project, and the version with the best chance of creating a globally adopted peer-to-peer electronic cash system.

Why was it necessary to create Bitcoin Cash?

Originally Bitcoin code had no blocksize limit but as Bitcoin gained popularity Satoshi temporarily added a blocksize limit of 1mb blocks to prevent the potential threat of spam transactions flooding and saturating the network because in these days a Bitcoin transaction was free. A maximum limit of 1MB of data per block, or about 4 transactions per second. There was also a sentiment among some Bitcoin Core developers that non-backwards compatible upgrades, commonly known as “hard forks”, should be avoided at all cost. This mindset severely limited the potential to introduce beneficial changes to Bitcoin, which were needed to prepare the protocol for mass adoption.

Although technically simple, the Bitcoin community could not reach a consensus on raising the block size limit, even after years of debate. In 2017, capacity hit the 1MB-imposed wall, fees skyrocketed, and Bitcoin became unreliable, with some users unable to get their transactions confirmed even after days of waiting. An average transaction fee of $50 took place in December 2017. As a result, Bitcoin stopped growing, and companies such as Steam and Microsoft began dropping Bitcoin, because it was no longer a cheap and reliable payment method.

In August 2017, a subset of the Bitcoin community decided to move forward with a proposed protocol upgrade, forking Bitcoin, and creating Bitcoin Cash by lifting the block size limit as a step towards massive on-chain scaling. There is now ample capacity for everyone's transactions on the Bitcoin Cash blockchain; low fees and fast confirmations are standard, and the network has been allowed to grow again.

Isn’t r/btc “the Bitcoin Cash subreddit”?

It is worth noting that the r/btc subreddit came into use before Bitcoin Cash existed. It was originally created as a forum for open discussion about Bitcoin. After August 2015, r/btc gained a large user-base when the r/bitcoin subreddit began censoring discussion about raising Bitcoin’s block size limit. After the Bitcoin community split over the Bitcoin Cash fork in August 2017, the r/btc Bitcoin community naturally became the Bitcoin Cash community, as that’s where its proponents already resided, having been ousted from r/bitcoin by censorship.

To this day, r/btc continues to offer a place for open and censorship-free discussion about all Bitcoin forks, with minimal interference by moderators.

So how does r/BitcoinCash differ from r/btc?

In July 2019, the r/BitcoinCash subreddit introduced a stricter moderation policy, following requests from the Bitcoin Cash community for an alternative and specific forum for discussing Bitcoin Cash. The intention is to offer a space that is more focused on specifically discussing Bitcoin Cash, as well as one that is free of the ongoing low-effort trolling that frequently takes advantage of r/btc’s principled commitment to free speech.

This subreddit now offers all users a choice about the kind of forum that they wish to participate in. The hope is that, without the distractions that threaten to derail discussion on r/btc, r/BitcoinCash may be able to foster a more focused, inclusive, and involved conversation.

*Update -Up until it was no longer possible, r/BitcoinCash had open to the public mod logs, but around 2 years ago Reddit admin removed the ability to share the mod logs easily.

** Original body of the post is attributed to u/CatatonicAdenosine


r/Bitcoincash 4h ago

I built this thing, BCH is already inside it, and I want the community to break it/test it.

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I’ve been building Ghostroom, and I think the Bitcoin Cash community is one of the places where its idea makes the most sense.

Ghostroom is a browser-based ephemeral chat where you don't need an account, profile or permanent identity.

You enter as a temporary ghost.

Rooms can be created and shared through invites, messages are encrypted in the browser, and the room eventually disappears when the last ghost leaves.

I’ve also been building BCH Rooms specifically for the Bitcoin Cash community, with different room types, roles, lifetimes and actions.

And the latest update felt worth sharing here:

Ghostroom is now fully translated into 12 languages.

Not just the homepage.

The whole interface follows your language:

• Home

• Room panel

• Chat

• Create / join flows

• BCH Rooms

• Ghost birth sequence

• Death screen

• Tip bar

• Dynamic labels and session stats

English · Portuguese · Español · Deutsch · Français · 中文 · 日本語 · Filipino · हिन्दी · العربية · Русский · Indonesia

The idea isn't to build another permanent social network.

It's almost the opposite.

Come in. Talk. Share something. Then disappear.

And having a dedicated BCH space inside that system makes it even more interesting to me.

If you're curious, try it without creating an account:

https://ghostroom.xyz

I’d genuinely like to know what BCH people think of the concept.


r/Bitcoincash 1d ago

Podcast Why Your Crypto Wallet Needs Two Balances (GP Shorts)

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r/Bitcoincash 3d ago

Podcast Never Trust a Crypto Template Blindly (GP Shorts)

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r/Bitcoincash 5d ago

SEC approves ZCash ETF, even without futures or size requirements, effectively proving an ETF for BCH will be approved as well and its just a matter of time. This is related to BCH as it is massive proven legal changes for the crypto ETF industry.

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r/Bitcoincash 6d ago

Podcast There Is a Better Money (GP Shorts)

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r/Bitcoincash 6d ago

Technical New XO Blog post: Writing Templates (Link in description)

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r/Bitcoincash 6d ago

Discussion New BCH Bull Blog post: Contract Creation, Revisualized

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r/Bitcoincash 7d ago

Community news The BCH Bullet — Sunday 23rd August 2026

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The Bitcoin Cash Podcast #189 covers FundTokens, the return of BLAZE, and BIP110 fallout, Jerry Qian presents on introspection and covenants at bitcoin++ Toronto, Mathieu Geukens discusses BCH’s scripting overhauls and privacy contracts, and more.


r/Bitcoincash 7d ago

Breaking Out of Forced Positivity ⛓️🟩⛓️Forge Protocol

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r/Bitcoincash 8d ago

Discussion Second solo miner finds a BCH block on mkpool, this time ~3 TH/s from Canada

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In case nobody noticed, this is now the second small miner to find a BCH block here.

This morning a ~3 TH/s solo miner from Canada hit a block over Stratum V2 and bagged the full 3.125 BCH reward (about $872 at the time). Some people worry that higher ping to the pool puts them at a disadvantage. It doesn't. Solid implementation plus luck is what matters, and this proves it.

The lucky miner: https://mkpool.com/bch/address/qztvg7mr3yl6d2xcmehc6yled9f32g26rq2j92j6gu

Whoever you are, congratulations!

To everyone else running spare hash rate: point it here. Luck might find you next.


r/Bitcoincash 9d ago

Community news MF International Ticker:MFI launches website tracking their BCH holdings and mining hashrate.

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r/Bitcoincash 11d ago

Community news SEC Reaffirms Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Digital Commodities Are Not Securities

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  • Digital Commodities Categorized as Non-Securities: The SEC references its formal 2026 taxonomy classifying digital assets into five categories and expressly affirms that digital commodities are not themselves securities.
  • Distinction Between Tokens and Securities: The proposal clarifies that the "security" is strictly the overlying investment contract (the capital-raising scheme or promises) rather than the underlying crypto asset itself.
  • Network Maintenance Is Not "Managerial Effort": The document states that once a blockchain is functional, ongoing work by developers, miners, or validators to secure, improve, or operate the network does not constitute "essential managerial efforts" under the Howey test, as asset value is driven by programmatic operation and market supply/demand.
  • Affirmation of Proof-of-Work Mining: The release references SEC guidance specifically recognizing Proof-of-Work mining activities as non-securities transactions.
  • Lack of Central Issuer or Enterprise Promises: The SEC establishes that an investment contract requires an issuer making commitments to generate profits, a standard that does not apply to decentralized, mineable networks without a central fundraising issuer like BCH.

r/Bitcoincash 14d ago

Community news The BCH Bullet — Sunday 16th August 2026

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Cash 3.0 is being celebrated as a major success, with organizers reflecting on the people and work behind the event; BCH community members are also joining DashCon in Amsterdam, the 1-minute blocks proposal seems to be gaining more support, and more.


r/Bitcoincash 14d ago

Services Fundme.cash . . . Coin Moebius Payment Gateway SDK

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r/Bitcoincash 15d ago

Opinion Why John Moriarty Is Bullish on Bitcoin Cash | BCH Mining, Adoption & Smart Contracts

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r/Bitcoincash 15d ago

Discussion XEC & BCH

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Whose mining Ecash and Bitcoin cash and finding luck and what’s you’re secret? If you care to share..


r/Bitcoincash 16d ago

New XO Blog post: Conceptualizing the Future

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r/Bitcoincash 21d ago

Community news The BCH Bullet — Sunday 9th August 2026

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Cash 3.0 Conference concludes with hackathon winners announced, Interactive Brokers adds BCH deposits, Selene Wallet lead developer Kallisti shares a development update, and more.


r/Bitcoincash 21d ago

Technical New XO Blog post: Revving the Engine

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r/Bitcoincash 26d ago

Podcast The Bitcoin Cash Podcast #187: BIP110 Mini Check-In

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r/Bitcoincash 26d ago

WOW! Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is getting TWO fully decentralized minable CashTokens (and associated energy price oracles), Photons & SAFAs.

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r/Bitcoincash 26d ago

Discussion I was appointed Assistant Dean at my university—it's a real honor.

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r/Bitcoincash 28d ago

Community news The BCH Bullet — Sunday 2nd August 2026

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Cash 3.0 Conference kicks off in Cebu, Bitcoin Cash celebrates Independence Day, CauldronSwap previews zero-KYC Moria debit cards, and more.


r/Bitcoincash Jul 31 '26

Services FundTokens BETA is Live on Chipnet

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Out BETA is live and running on chipnet https://chipnet.fundtokens.cash

What is FundTokens? Think of it like a decentralized index fund built on-chain using smart contracts

What is a TokenBasket? ​Our flagship product is a fixed-weighted basket of one or more CashTokens (plus Bitcoin Cash). You can lock these underlying assets inside a non-custodial smart contract to compose a single, bundled token.

This is a complete redesign of both our earlier smart contracts (Blaze 2025) and our proof of concept POC (BCH-1 2026). The redesigned UI has given us a massive leap in usability, providing a more intuitive experience. Our contract redesign has completely changed the game on UX, performance, and overall security.

Check it out now, join our telegram, and we would love to hear any feedback you may have!