Bitcoin Cash came out of the need to speed up transaction times on the Blockchain. The Blockchain is the global interlinked ledger that records every Bitcoin transaction. Unfortunately, inefficiencies in the Blockchain were starting to create chokepoints in the protocol that were beginning to cause problems with transactions.

To compensate, developers decided to create a new Bitcoin product born out of the original protocol. Bitcoin Cash was to feature 8MB blocks over Bitcoin Originals 1MB blocks. As a result, both transaction costs and timeframes would improve dramatically. Read More