Top Bitcoin Forks by Market Capitalization

Despite numerous forks, only a few Bitcoin derivatives have achieved significant market capitalization and adoption, often by addressing specific use cases or technical disagreements.

The top 3

1. Bitcoin Cash: The Leading Hard Fork: Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is a prominent hard fork of Bitcoin, created in 2017 to increase block size for faster and cheaper transactions, and currently holds a market capitalization of approximately $4.3 billion.
2. Bitcoin SV: A Controversial Contender: Bitcoin SV (BSV), a hard fork of Bitcoin Cash, aims to restore the original Bitcoin protocol with significantly larger block sizes, maintaining a market cap around $270-297 million despite its controversial history.
3. Bitcoin Gold: GPU Mining's Champion: Bitcoin Gold (BTG), a hard fork from 2017, aimed to decentralize mining by shifting from ASIC to GPU mining, maintaining a modest market presence and unique niche with a market cap of approximately $4.09 million.

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