BCH vs everyone
Where Bitcoin Cash wins, where it loses, and the numbers behind both.
The Real Numbers
Snapshot| Chain | Median fee | Tx / 24h | Block time | Market cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin Cash | $0.0012 | 11,225 | 10 min | $5.59B |
| Bitcoin Core | $0.032 | 853,338 | 10 min | $1669.90B |
| Litecoin | $0.00061 | 161,384 | 2.5 min | $4.93B |
| Ethereum | $0.027 | 1,596,133 | 12 s | $305.83B |
| Solana | $0.00060 | 121,184,485 | ~0.4 s | $64.51B |
| Kaspa | $0.00010 | 68,249 | ~0.1 s | $1.12B |
| Cardano | $0.077† | 289,269 | 20 s | $9.29B |
Sources: Blockchair (fees, transactions), CoinGecko (market cap), Solana RPC, Kaspa API and Koios. Solana counts exclude validator votes. Kaspa counts cover the last full UTC day. † Cardano: average fee over the last full epoch; no free source gives a median. "n/a" means no free public source we trust for that number yet. Block times are protocol targets.
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