Bitcoin Cash
E216132
Bitcoin Cash is a decentralized cryptocurrency that forked from Bitcoin to offer faster, cheaper peer-to-peer payments through larger block sizes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bitcoin Cash canonical | 6 |
| ₿ (with BCH context) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1937685 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bitcoin Cash Context triple: [REN, supportsAsset, Bitcoin Cash]
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A.
Bitcoin
Bitcoin is a decentralized digital cryptocurrency that operates without a central bank, enabling peer-to-peer transactions secured by blockchain technology.
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B.
BitC
BitC is a systems programming language designed for safety, low-level control, and formal verification, drawing on ideas from Modula-3 and capability-based security.
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C.
Bitcoin Core
Bitcoin Core is the open-source software implementation that serves as the primary full node and wallet for the Bitcoin network, maintaining the blockchain and enforcing consensus rules.
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D.
Ripple
"Ripple" is a beloved folk-influenced ballad by the Grateful Dead, known for its gentle melody, spiritual lyrics, and enduring sing-along chorus.
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E.
satoshi
A satoshi is the smallest divisible unit of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, representing one hundred millionth of a single bitcoin.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bitcoin Cash Target entity description: Bitcoin Cash is a decentralized cryptocurrency that forked from Bitcoin to offer faster, cheaper peer-to-peer payments through larger block sizes.
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A.
Bitcoin
Bitcoin is a decentralized digital cryptocurrency that operates without a central bank, enabling peer-to-peer transactions secured by blockchain technology.
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B.
BitC
BitC is a systems programming language designed for safety, low-level control, and formal verification, drawing on ideas from Modula-3 and capability-based security.
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C.
Bitcoin Core
Bitcoin Core is the open-source software implementation that serves as the primary full node and wallet for the Bitcoin network, maintaining the blockchain and enforcing consensus rules.
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D.
Ripple
"Ripple" is a beloved folk-influenced ballad by the Grateful Dead, known for its gentle melody, spiritual lyrics, and enduring sing-along chorus.
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E.
satoshi
A satoshi is the smallest divisible unit of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, representing one hundred millionth of a single bitcoin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
blockchain network
ⓘ
cryptocurrency ⓘ peer-to-peer electronic cash system ⓘ |
| baseBlockInterval | 600 seconds ⓘ |
| blockRewardHalvingInterval | 210000 blocks ⓘ |
| blockSizeLimit | larger than Bitcoin ⓘ |
| blockTimeTarget | 10 minutes ⓘ |
| confirmationRequirement | multiple blocks for high-value transactions ⓘ |
| consensusMechanism | proof-of-work ⓘ |
| designGoal |
fast peer-to-peer payments
ⓘ
low transaction fees ⓘ on-chain scaling ⓘ |
| difficultyAdjustmentAlgorithm | modified from Bitcoin ⓘ |
| firstBlockHeight | 478559 ⓘ |
| forkedFrom | Bitcoin ⓘ |
| governanceModel | open-source community ⓘ |
| hardForkDate | 2017-08-01 ⓘ |
| hashFunction | SHA-256 ⓘ |
| hasIndependentDevelopmentTeams | true ⓘ |
| hasSubunits | satoshi ⓘ |
| increasedBlockSizeOverTime | true ⓘ |
| isDecentralized | true ⓘ |
| isListedOn | multiple global cryptocurrency exchanges ⓘ |
| isMineable | true ⓘ |
| isTradeableOnExchanges | true ⓘ |
| launchedAsResultOf | scaling debate in Bitcoin community ⓘ |
| maximumSupply | 21000000 BCH ⓘ |
| miningHardware | ASICs compatible with SHA-256 ⓘ |
| monetaryPolicy | fixed supply with halving schedule ⓘ |
| networkType | public blockchain ⓘ |
| openSourceSoftware | true ⓘ |
| originalBlockSizeLimit | 8 MB ⓘ |
| originCountry | global ⓘ |
| primaryUseCase | everyday payments ⓘ |
| purpose | medium of exchange ⓘ |
| satoshisPerBCH | 100000000 ⓘ |
| supports |
larger blocks than Bitcoin
ⓘ
non-custodial wallets ⓘ payment processors integration ⓘ peer-to-peer transactions without intermediaries ⓘ |
| supportsReplayProtection | true ⓘ |
| symbol |
Bitcoin Cash
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
₿ (with BCH context)
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| tickerSymbol | BCH ⓘ |
| transactionFees | typically lower than Bitcoin ⓘ |
| usesAddressFormats |
CashAddr format
ⓘ
legacy format ⓘ |
| usesDifficultyAdjustmentAlgorithm | yes ⓘ |
| usesUTXOModel | true ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Bitcoin Cash Description of subject: Bitcoin Cash is a decentralized cryptocurrency that forked from Bitcoin to offer faster, cheaper peer-to-peer payments through larger block sizes.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
RenVM
this entity surface form:
₿ (with BCH context)