<p>BCH is basically a copy of the blockchain up until the point of the fork so all BTC on the bitcoin blockchain have an exact copy of BCH on the BCH blockchain. That means if you held BTC at the time of the fork, you get an equal amount of BCH <em>as well</em> - you have both. Yes, they are different currencies with different prices, and you can buy and sell them completely separately from each other</p>

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<p>Don't understand about Bitcoin Cash. It is written <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/tags/bitcoin-cash/info">here</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Bitcoin Cash is an altcoin which forked from Bitcoin in order to raise
  the maximum block size from 1 MB to 8 MB.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>But:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Anyone who held Bitcoin prior to the fork had the same amount of
  Bitcoin Cash following the fork.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>So, bitcoins were automatically converted to Bitcoin Cash.</p>

<p>But they have different price and actually different currencies.</p>

<p>Some people want to keep Bitcons, some Bitcons Cash.</p>

<p>Or I understand it wrong?</p>

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Were bitcoins automatically converted to Bitcoin Cash?
Alexan
# Were bitcoins automatically converted to Bitcoin Cash?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-12-21)

Don't understand about Bitcoin Cash. It is written [here](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/tags/bitcoin-cash/info):

> Bitcoin Cash is an altcoin which forked from Bitcoin in order to raise
> the maximum block size from 1 MB to 8 MB.

But:

> Anyone who held Bitcoin prior to the fork had the same amount of
> Bitcoin Cash following the fork.

So, bitcoins were automatically converted to Bitcoin Cash.

But they have different price and actually different currencies.

Some people want to keep Bitcons, some Bitcons Cash.

Or I understand it wrong?

**Tags:** blockchain-fork, bitcoin-cash


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-12-21. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

BCH is basically a copy of the blockchain up until the point of the fork so all BTC on the bitcoin blockchain have an exact copy of BCH on the BCH blockchain. That means if you held BTC at the time of the fork, you get an equal amount of BCH *as well* - you have both. Yes, they are different currencies with different prices, and you can buy and sell them completely separately from each other


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