Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is a cryptocurrency that split from Bitcoin in August 2017 after a debate over how to scale the network. Its supporters wanted larger blocks so the network could process more transactions at lower fees, with the aim of making crypto work as everyday electronic cash. BCH raised its block size limit, first to 8 MB and later to 32 MB, and keeps the same 21 million coin supply cap and proof of work security as Bitcoin. People use BCH mainly for payments and peer to peer transfers rather than as a store of value. Because it began as a fork of Bitcoin's code, anyone who held Bitcoin at the time of the split received an equal amount of Bitcoin Cash.