| Information | Details |
|---|
| Project Name | Bitcoin Cash (BCH) |
| Project Website | https://bitcoincash.org |
| Project Description | Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is a decentralized cryptocurrency that originated from a hard fork of Bitcoin (BTC) on August 1, 2017, with the goal of enabling faster and cheaper transactions. |
| Project Ticker | BCH |
Airdrop Details
| Information | Details |
|---|
| Airdrop Type | Blockchain Fork (BTC to BCH) |
| Total Airdrop Amount | Equivalent to all BTC holdings at the fork (1:1 ratio) |
| Number of Eligible Users | Not Known |
| Number of Claimants | Not Known |
Timeline
| Event | Date |
|---|
| Blockchain Snapshot | August 1, 2017 (Block 478,558) |
| Claiming Started | August 1, 2017 (Fork creation) |
| Claiming Ends | No official end date (users could claim BCH as long as they controlled private keys or if the exchange supported it) |
Token Distribution
| Distribution | Amount |
|---|
| Maximum | 1 BCH per 1 BTC held at snapshot |
| Median/Average | Not Known |
| Minimum | No minimum, as long as BTC was held at the fork |
Eligibility Criteria
Exact airdrop criteria were not explicitly detailed in a single official list across all sources, the following points are inferred from announcements, posts on X, and related web content.
To receive Bitcoin Cash (BCH) from the fork, users needed to meet the following conditions:
- Ownership of Bitcoin (BTC): Users had to hold BTC at the time of the fork (August 1, 2017, Block 478,558).
- Wallet or Exchange Support:
- Users who held BTC in a private wallet needed control of their private keys to access the corresponding BCH.
- Users who had BTC on exchanges were dependent on whether the exchange supported the fork and credited their accounts with BCH.
- 1:1 Distribution: For every 1 BTC held at the time of the fork, the user received 1 BCH.
Important Links
- Bitcoin Cash was created to improve Bitcoin’s scalability by increasing block size, allowing faster and cheaper transactions.
- BCH continues to be actively traded and supported by multiple exchanges.
- No official new BCH airdrop is ongoing as of March 14, 2025; any subsequent airdrops involving BCH are project-specific.
