<p>Bitcoin ABC, Bitcoin Unlimited Cash, and Bitcoin XT are Bitcoin Cash node clients. They do the same job, and the most important difference among them is their developers: They are developed by three independent development teams.</p>

<p>Some other differences:</p>

<ul>
<li>Bitcoin ABC uses Compact Blocks, Bitcoin Unlimited uses XThin, Bitcoin XT uses both Compact Blocks and XThin to download new blocks.</li>
<li>94% of the nodes are Bitcoin ABC, more than 5% of the nodes are Bitcoin Unlimited, and only a few (1-5) nodes are Bitcoin XT.</li>
</ul>

<p><strong>Update:</strong> It was 94% when this answer was written (when edited, there are more BU nodes!). You can see the live statistics <a href="https://cashnodes.bitcoinunlimited.info/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a></p>

<p>Other than their brands and those ^ differences, they're all the same.</p>

<p>If you really want to help the network, I'd suggest to run XT or Unlimited, because if a node crashing bug was found in Bitcoin ABC, it'd affect 90% of the network. If the network was 33% Bitcoin ABC, 33% Bitcoin Unlimited and 33% Bitcoin XT, then no such bug would be important that much, and the network would be more decentralized.</p>

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<p>Whats bitcoin cash is it a description on how BCH/BCC should run ?</p>

<p>I need a full node BCH/BCC If I run bitcoin ABC or UNLIMITED will I get the bitcoin cash blocks ?</p>

<p>or are there difference in blocks between ABC and UNLIMITED</p>

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"should I run bitcoin ABC/ UNLIMITED" Just choose one. We're not allowed to answer opinion based questions.
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Sorry about that I have changed the question
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# Bitcoin Cash full node

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-02-16)

Whats bitcoin cash is it a description on how BCH/BCC should run ?

I need a full node BCH/BCC If I run bitcoin ABC or UNLIMITED will I get the bitcoin cash blocks ?

or are there difference in blocks between ABC and UNLIMITED

**Tags:** bitcoin-cash

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: "should I run bitcoin ABC/ UNLIMITED" Just choose one. We're not allowed to answer opinion based questions.  
> **username_0**: Sorry about that I have changed the question  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-02-17. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Bitcoin ABC, Bitcoin Unlimited Cash, and Bitcoin XT are Bitcoin Cash node clients. They do the same job, and the most important difference among them is their developers: They are developed by three independent development teams.

Some other differences:

* Bitcoin ABC uses Compact Blocks, Bitcoin Unlimited uses XThin, Bitcoin XT uses both Compact Blocks and XThin to download new blocks.
* 94% of the nodes are Bitcoin ABC, more than 5% of the nodes are Bitcoin Unlimited, and only a few (1-5) nodes are Bitcoin XT.

**Update:** It was 94% when this answer was written (when edited, there are more BU nodes!). You can see the live statistics [here](https://cashnodes.bitcoinunlimited.info/)

Other than their brands and those ^ differences, they're all the same.

If you really want to help the network, I'd suggest to run XT or Unlimited, because if a node crashing bug was found in Bitcoin ABC, it'd affect 90% of the network. If the network was 33% Bitcoin ABC, 33% Bitcoin Unlimited and 33% Bitcoin XT, then no such bug would be important that much, and the network would be more decentralized.


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