What is Bitcoin SV (BSV)?
RANK #120A Bitcoin Cash fork pursuing very large blocks and high on-chain throughput.
Bitcoin SV market stats
Bitcoin SV at a glance
- Ticker
- BSV
- Launched
- 2018
- Category
- Payments · Proof-of-work
- Consensus
- Proof-of-work (SHA-256)
- Max supply
- 21,000,000 BSV
- Origin
- Bitcoin Cash hard fork
Categories: Smart Contract Platform · Bitcoin Fork · Proof of Work (PoW)
How Bitcoin SV works
Bitcoin SV (BSV) is a cryptocurrency created in 2018 from a hard fork of Bitcoin Cash. It pursues very large blocks and high on-chain throughput, aiming to scale Bitcoin’s original design for payments and data at massive volume.
BSV shares the 21 million supply cap and SHA-256 proof-of-work of its predecessors, but follows its own development roadmap.
Bitcoin SV removes block-size limits to allow very large blocks, betting that cheap, high-volume on-chain transactions can support payments and data applications at scale.
Large blocks increase the resources needed to run a node, a recurring point of debate.
What moves the Bitcoin SV price?
- On-chain payment and data adoption.
- Its halving schedule and miner economics.
- Sentiment and exchange support.
- The broader market cycle.
What BSV is used for
- Low-fee on-chain payments at high volume.
- On-chain data storage and applications.
- A capped-supply store of value.
Bitcoin SV FAQ
What is Bitcoin SV (BSV)?
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Bitcoin SV is a 2018 fork of Bitcoin Cash that pursues very large blocks and high on-chain throughput for payments and data, keeping the 21 million supply cap.
How is BSV different from Bitcoin Cash?
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BSV pushes for much larger blocks and a “scale on-chain at any size” approach, following a separate roadmap from Bitcoin Cash.
How many BSV are there?
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Bitcoin SV has a maximum supply of 21 million BSV.
How do I buy Bitcoin SV?
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BSV is listed on a number of exchanges and supported by compatible wallets.
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