Bitcoin Cash RPC

With QuickNode, you get access to our global Bitcoin Cash network which always routes your API requests to the nearest available location, ensuring low latency and the fastest speeds.

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What is Bitcoin Cash?

Bitcoin Cash is a peer-to-peer electronic cash system that emerged in 2017 as a hard fork of Bitcoin. It was created to address Bitcoin's scalability limitations by increasing the block size limit to 32MB, enabling more transactions per second and lower fees.

Bitcoin Cash maintains Bitcoin's proof-of-work (PoW) consensus mechanism and UTXO (Unspent Transaction Output) model for tracking balances and transaction history. This makes Bitcoin Cash a fast, reliable, and low-cost cryptocurrency for everyday transactions and micropayments.

Interacting with Bitcoin Cash APIs

Bitcoin Cash nodes expose a JSON-RPC interface that is compatible with Bitcoin's JSON-RPC API, allowing developers to interact with the blockchain programmatically using familiar Bitcoin tooling and libraries.

However, due to Bitcoin Cash's architectural differences (such as larger block sizes, different address formats, and unique features like CashTokens), some RPC methods may behave differently from those on Bitcoin. The QuickNode Bitcoin Cash documentation provides comprehensive coverage of these differences and Bitcoin Cash-specific functionality, and we highly recommend cross-referencing with the official Bitcoin Cash documentation for the latest updates and RPC differences.

You can access the API by:

Running a local Bitcoin Cash client (e.g., Bitcoin Cash Node, BCHD).
Using a QuickNode Bitcoin Cash endpoint, which delivers low-latency global access, historical data, and enhanced reliability out of the box.

Supported Networks

QuickNode provides access to the following Bitcoin Cash networks:

Mainnet

Type:Production

HTTP:

WSS:

Archive:Yes

Pruning:None

Testnet

Type:Testnet

HTTP:

WSS:

Archive:Yes

Pruning:None

Network

Type

HTTP

WSS

QuickStart

Get started with Bitcoin Cash quickly. Follow our step-by-step quickstart to set up your endpoint and make your first API request.

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