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[![Bitcoin ABC Logo](https://www.bitcoinabc.org/img/bitcoinabclogo.png "Bitcoin ABC")](https://www.bitcoinabc.org) | [![Bitcoin ABC Logo](https://www.bitcoinabc.org/img/bitcoinabclogo.png "Bitcoin ABC")](https://www.bitcoinabc.org) | ||||
The goal of Bitcoin ABC is to create sound money that is usable by everyone in | The goal of Bitcoin ABC is to create sound money that is usable by everyone in | ||||
the world. We believe this is a civilization-changing technology which will | the world. We believe this is a civilization-changing technology which will | ||||
dramatically increase human flourishing, freedom, and prosperity. The project | dramatically increase human flourishing, freedom, and prosperity. The project | ||||
aims to achieve this goal by implementing a series of optimizations and | aims to achieve this goal by implementing a series of optimizations and | ||||
protocol upgrades that will enable peer-to-peer digital cash to scale many | protocol upgrades that will enable peer-to-peer digital cash to scale many | ||||
orders of magnitude beyond current limits. | orders of magnitude beyond current limits. | ||||
What is Bitcoin Cash? | What is BCHA? | ||||
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[Bitcoin Cash](https://www.bitcoincash.org/) is an experimental digital | [BCHA](https://www.bitcoinabc.org/bcha/) is a digital | ||||
currency that enables instant payments to anyone, anywhere in the world. It | currency that enables instant payments to anyone, anywhere in the world. It | ||||
uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority: managing | uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority: managing | ||||
transactions and issuing money are carried out collectively by the network. | transactions and issuing money are carried out collectively by the network. | ||||
Bitcoin Cash is a descendant of Bitcoin. It became a separate currency from | BCHA is a descendant of Bitcoin. | ||||
the version supported by Bitcoin Core when the two split on August 1, 2017. | |||||
Bitcoin Cash and the Bitcoin Core version of Bitcoin share the same | |||||
transaction history up until the split. | |||||
What is Bitcoin ABC? | What is Bitcoin ABC? | ||||
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Bitcoin ABC is the name of open-source software which enables the use of | Bitcoin ABC is the name of open-source software which enables the use of | ||||
Bitcoin Cash. It is a fork of the [Bitcoin Core](https://bitcoincore.org) | BCHA. It is a fork of the [Bitcoin Core](https://bitcoincore.org) | ||||
software project. | software project. | ||||
License | License | ||||
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Bitcoin ABC is released under the terms of the MIT license. See | Bitcoin ABC is released under the terms of the MIT license. See | ||||
[COPYING](COPYING) for more information or see | [COPYING](COPYING) for more information or see | ||||
<https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>. | <https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>. | ||||
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