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Bitcoin Cash Hard Fork

Block size debate led to Bitcoin Cash hard fork, creating a persistent chain split over scalability.

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Peak metricBCH launched with 8MB blocks
OutcomeDual-chain ecosystem
ChainBitcoin
Year2017
Typemilestone
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forkscaling

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