# Bitcoin Cash RPC and network details

Source: https://www.alchemy.com/rpc/bitcoin-cash

Bitcoin Cash is a UTXO Layer-1 blockchain that forked from Bitcoin in 2017. It uses larger blocks for higher throughput, supporting faster and cheaper transactions while preserving Bitcoin's proof-of-work security model.

## Network details

- Network: Mainnet
- Environment: Mainnet
- Category: L1
- Native token: BCH
- Gas token: BCH

## Endpoints

- Alchemy RPC: https://bitcoincash-mainnet.g.alchemy.com/v2/API_KEY

Replace API_KEY with a key from https://dashboard.alchemy.com/signup.

## Alchemy product support

Supported on Bitcoin Cash: RPC API.

Not currently supported: Transaction receipts API, Block Timestamp API, User OP Simulation API, Prices API, Debug API, Trace API, Bundler API, Token API, NFT API, Websockets, gRPC, Gas Manager, Webhooks, Transfers API.

## Build on Alchemy

Alchemy provides reliable Bitcoin Cash RPC endpoints, so you can access performant, real-time read and write data for one of the longest-running Bitcoin forks.

## Available networks

- Bitcoin Cash Testnet (testnet): https://www.alchemy.com/rpc/bitcoin-cash-testnet

## Links

- Alchemy docs: https://docs.bitcoincash.org/
- Official docs: https://docs.bitcoincash.org/
- Website: https://bitcoincash.org/
- GitHub: https://github.com/bitcoin-cash-node/bitcoin-cash-node
- Block explorer: https://blockchair.com/bitcoin-cash/transaction/