Bitcoin Cash & The Bulls - Part Deux
Bicoin Cash (BCH) believes in the original vision for Bitcoin (BTC) by Satoshi Nakamoto: 'A fast, secure, worldwide peer to peer electronic cash system with low processing fees'. Whereas BCH can complete 100+ transactions per second, BTC only manages three to seven transactions per second.
The Bitcoin blockchain is no longer the ideal network for small transactions on the base layer due to its limited block size of 1-2 MB. Micro transactions have been deferred to a second layer ie. The Lightening Network which is a promising but not yet proven success. Because Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin SV are derived from the same genesis block, they share a similar history and even some of the same miners. Within the Proof of Work (PoW) system, the miners have more to lose than other investors due to their investment in expensive and specific ASIC equipment used for the sole intention of mining the Bitcoin protocol. The computer hardware that is used can process transactions on all three chains. Therefore the miners can profit from mining any of these three blockchains. It would make sense that the miners will mine whatever chain is more profitable.
All Bitcoin entrepreneurship will depend on a functioning Lightening Network on a grand scale. If mining on the Bitcoin blockchain discontinues to be a profitable endeavor, the SHA256 miners who can mine on any of the three chains may look to one of the other two Bitcoin blockchains to keep their show on the road. Miners will not care which side their bread is buttered on.
In the global transaction market, there are three trillion transactions per year. 75% are cash transactions, 13% by credit card and 12% from other means. With Bitcoin Cash transactions costing < $0.01 per transaction, a Bitcoin transaction can cost anywhere between $5-$50 making Bitcoin unpractical for day to day micro transactions on the base layer.
BTC is useful as a store of value, positioning itself as the digital equivalent of gold. BCH has a larger block size limit which will enable it to fulfill Satoshi's vision of an electronic cash system with low processing fees. The worldwide cash market is valued at $100 trillion whereas the global gold market is worth $10 trillion.
Moreover, Bitcoin had a recent 40% drop in hashpower after a Chinese mining pool went offline. As a result, BTC fees have been soaring to $40 per transaction making it expensive and slow. At the time of writing it is 11,838.75x more expensive to transact on Bitcoin (BTC) in USD than BCH according to Coin Dance: coin.dance/
We went long BCH/USD on 01 December 2020 at $290. Today one Bitcoin Cash is worth 0.016 of one Bitcoin. I see an opportunity for Bitcoin Cash to gain ground on Bitcoin over the coming year or so. I am long all 3 chains on the Bitcoin blockchain. The cash market is 10x bigger than gold, therefore Bitcoin Cash may have more upside potential. We will have to see if the market agrees or not. BCH is 76% off its all time high price of $3785 set on 16 December 2020.
Our original Post regarding BCH/USD can be found here:
The Bitcoin blockchain is no longer the ideal network for small transactions on the base layer due to its limited block size of 1-2 MB. Micro transactions have been deferred to a second layer ie. The Lightening Network which is a promising but not yet proven success. Because Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin SV are derived from the same genesis block, they share a similar history and even some of the same miners. Within the Proof of Work (PoW) system, the miners have more to lose than other investors due to their investment in expensive and specific ASIC equipment used for the sole intention of mining the Bitcoin protocol. The computer hardware that is used can process transactions on all three chains. Therefore the miners can profit from mining any of these three blockchains. It would make sense that the miners will mine whatever chain is more profitable.
All Bitcoin entrepreneurship will depend on a functioning Lightening Network on a grand scale. If mining on the Bitcoin blockchain discontinues to be a profitable endeavor, the SHA256 miners who can mine on any of the three chains may look to one of the other two Bitcoin blockchains to keep their show on the road. Miners will not care which side their bread is buttered on.
In the global transaction market, there are three trillion transactions per year. 75% are cash transactions, 13% by credit card and 12% from other means. With Bitcoin Cash transactions costing < $0.01 per transaction, a Bitcoin transaction can cost anywhere between $5-$50 making Bitcoin unpractical for day to day micro transactions on the base layer.
BTC is useful as a store of value, positioning itself as the digital equivalent of gold. BCH has a larger block size limit which will enable it to fulfill Satoshi's vision of an electronic cash system with low processing fees. The worldwide cash market is valued at $100 trillion whereas the global gold market is worth $10 trillion.
Moreover, Bitcoin had a recent 40% drop in hashpower after a Chinese mining pool went offline. As a result, BTC fees have been soaring to $40 per transaction making it expensive and slow. At the time of writing it is 11,838.75x more expensive to transact on Bitcoin (BTC) in USD than BCH according to Coin Dance: coin.dance/
We went long BCH/USD on 01 December 2020 at $290. Today one Bitcoin Cash is worth 0.016 of one Bitcoin. I see an opportunity for Bitcoin Cash to gain ground on Bitcoin over the coming year or so. I am long all 3 chains on the Bitcoin blockchain. The cash market is 10x bigger than gold, therefore Bitcoin Cash may have more upside potential. We will have to see if the market agrees or not. BCH is 76% off its all time high price of $3785 set on 16 December 2020.
Our original Post regarding BCH/USD can be found here:
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