{"description":"<div>\n<p>Bitcoin Cash is the result of a hard fork from the Bitcoin blockchain due to concerns about Bitcoin&rsquo;s scalability in the Bitcoin community.<\/p>\n<p>A hard fork is an event where a cryptocurrency splits or &ldquo;forks out&rdquo; into two or more incompatible versions as a result of competing changes to its technology.<\/p>\n<p>The notable difference between Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash is the block size. At the time of the split in 2017, the Bitcoin Cash block size was increased from 1 MB to 8 MB and currently stands at 32 MB allowing for significantly more transactions per second compared to Bitcoin while keeping fees extremely low.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin Cash is the largest and most successful hard fork from Bitcoin to date.<\/p>\n<\/div>","rankedCrypto":[{"coingeckoId":"polkadot","sortingRank":5},{"coingeckoId":"chiliz","sortingRank":3},{"coingeckoId":"apecoin","sortingRank":2},{"coingeckoId":"decentraland","sortingRank":1},{"coingeckoId":"internet-computer","sortingRank":0}],"cryptoCategories":{"Decentralized Finance (DeFi)":["uniswap","compound-governance-token","aave","lido-dao"],"Entertainment":["decentraland","chiliz","axie-infinity","apecoin","immutable-x"],"Currency":["stellar","ripple","litecoin","dogecoin","bitcoin-cash","bitcoin"],"Smart Contracts":["polygon-ecosystem-token","tezos","solana","polkadot","ethereum","cosmos","cardano","avalanche-2","algorand","hedera-hashgraph"],"Computing":["filecoin","chainlink","render-token","the-graph"]},"region":["CH","DE","AT"],"sophisId":117131499,"coingeckoId":"bitcoin-cash"}