Airdrop Details
| Information |
Details |
| Airdrop Type |
Blockchain Fork (BTC to BCH) |
| Total Airdrop Amount |
Equivalent to all BTC holdings at the fork (1:1 ratio) |
| Number of Eligible Users |
Not Known |
| Number of Claimants |
Not Known |
Timeline
| Event |
Date |
| Blockchain Snapshot |
August 1, 2017 (Block 478,558) |
| Claiming Started |
August 1, 2017 (Fork creation) |
| Claiming Ends |
No official end date (users could claim BCH as long as they controlled private keys or if the exchange supported it) |
Token Distribution
| Distribution |
Amount |
| Maximum |
1 BCH per 1 BTC held at snapshot |
| Median/Average |
Not Known |
| Minimum |
No minimum, as long as BTC was held at the fork |
Eligibility for the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) airdrop was based on the following requirements:
Bitcoin Holders
- Must have held Bitcoin (BTC) at the time of the fork (August 1, 2017, Block 478,558).
- 1:1 distribution: For every 1 BTC held, the user received 1 BCH.
Wallet or Exchange Support
- Users with BTC in a private wallet needed control of their private keys to access BCH.
- Users with BTC on exchanges depended on whether the exchange supported the fork and credited BCH.
Important Links
- Bitcoin Cash was created to improve Bitcoin’s scalability by increasing block size.
- BCH continues to be actively traded and supported by multiple exchanges.
- No official new BCH airdrop is ongoing as of March 14, 2025; any subsequent airdrops involving BCH are project-specific.
