How many different Bitcoins are there? Many newcomers are always in search of the answer to this question as they delve deeper into the subject matter. And in fact there are some. Forking the mother of all cryptocurrencies was in vogue in the years 2017-2018, until the market got tired of this practice and could not earn any more money from it.
Bitcoin Cash is the first and most well-known fork of its kind. It is the subject of a long-running scaling debate that has split the Bitcoin camp. On August 1, 2017, this split then took physical form and the Bitcoin chain split into Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash.
Cryptocurrency forks are the changes in the protocol of the network or the conditions that transpire when two or more blocks have the same block height. In order to precisely understand cryptocurrency forks, it is essential to learn first how cryptocurrencies and the blockchain work.
Bitcoin cash varies from the other variants because in that it allowed the development of the block size from one MB to eight MB. Its purpose is to improve the number of transactions that can be concocted by the network, anticipating that Bitcoin Cash will be capable to compete with the number of transactions.
Technical characteristics
Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin are quite similar, both based on the proof of work consensus mechanism. As mentioned earlier, in Bitcoin Cash, the block size has been increased from 1 MB to 32 MB to increase the maximum transaction throughput from 7 to 130 transactions per second. OP_Codes (commands that can be executed by Bitcoin Nodes) that were once disabled in Bitcoin have been re-enabled in Bitcoin Cash. Bitcoin Segwit came after Hardfork, which Bitcoin Cash does not support. This makes Bitcoin Cash an on-chain solution to the scaling problem, while Bitcoin works with Lightning on a second-layer solution.
Disclaimer: This information should not be interpreted as an endorsement of any cryptocurrency. It is not a recommendation to trade. The crypto market is full of surprises and overhyped assets. Do your research before buying anything. Do not invest more than you can afford to lose.
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