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Bitcoin Cash

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is a cryptocurrency launched in August 2017 as a result of a hard fork of the Bitcoin blockchain.

Cryptocurrencies

Where did Bitcoin Cash come from?

Bitcoin Cash came from a desire to improve Bitcoin as a medium of exchange, rather than an investment medium. Following the Bitcoin community’s lack of consensus surrounding Bitcoin’s scalability, the blockchain split, resulting in the creation of Bitcoin Cash. 2017 spiked…

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