What is Bitcoin Cash?
BCHBitcoin Cash is a proof-of-work cryptocurrency that split from Bitcoin to allow larger blocks.
The tokenBCH is the coin itself, with Bitcoin's supply schedule and cap.
Supply and what is still to come
How many coins exist, how many can, who holds the part not yet circulating and what the schedule releases.
- Circulating supply
- 20.11 million BCH
- Total supply
- 20.11 million BCHin existence, locked or not
- Maximum supply
- 21.00 million BCHBitcoin Cash's protocol halves the new coins per block every 210,000 blocks, so issuance stops at 20,999,999.9769
- Issued or unlocked
- 95.8%mined so far, of the maximum supply
- Supply in 10 years
- 20.85 million BCHthe protocol's issuance schedule, with blocks at the 10-minute target
A year in the market
Measured on the daily closes of our own US dollar price index.
- Return, past year
- −51.8%daily closes
- Volatility, past year
- 77%annualised, daily log returns
- Deepest fall from a peak, past year
- −70.9%daily closes
- Below its all-time high
- −93.5%high of $3,747 on 20 Dec 2017
- Correlation with bitcoin
- 0.62daily returns, past year; 1 is lockstep
- Beta to bitcoin
- 1.07its usual move for a 1% move in bitcoin
Points to check
What our data shows that a holder should know. Each point is a measurement, not a rating.
- Price swings
Its daily moves were 1.7x as large as bitcoin's over the past year (volatility 77% against 44%).
- Distance from the high
It trades 94% below its all-time high daily close of $3,747 (20 Dec 2017).
Questions
What is Bitcoin Cash?
Bitcoin Cash is a proof-of-work cryptocurrency that split from Bitcoin to allow larger blocks.
What is BCH used for?
BCH is the coin itself, with Bitcoin's supply schedule and cap.
Is Bitcoin Cash's supply capped?
Yes: at most 21.00 million BCH. 95.8% are issued or unlocked so far.
Where is Bitcoin Cash traded?
On 11 of the 11 exchanges we read: 9 list spot pairs against the dollar or a dollar stablecoin and 11 list perpetual futures. The token finder lists every pair.
Supply from our own nodes or the project’s published figures, prices from our own indexes, listings from the exchanges’ own instrument lists. Last update