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Bitcoin Cash Node
Reference full-node implementation of the Bitcoin Cash protocol.
Server · Linux · macOS · Windows · MIT
// Pathway 03
For operators who want to serve.
Run a full node so nobody has to trust anybody about the ledger. Run an indexer so your app doesn't rent chain data by the API call.
// Node diversity is a feature
BCH has three independent full-node implementations in three different languages. Consensus bugs get caught by disagreement, not audit alone — pick the stack you'd rather debug at 3am.
// 01 · Full nodes
Node implementations
All three validate the same consensus rules from different codebases. BCHN is the reference client; Verde (Java) and Knuth (C++) are independent re-implementations.
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Bitcoin Verde
Java-based full-node implementation of Bitcoin Cash.
Server · Linux · macOS · Windows
Verified Jul 18, 2026
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Knuth
Modern-C++ Bitcoin Cash full node and development platform.
Server · Linux
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BCHN Dirty
Cypherpunk-themed skin of the Bitcoin Cash Node GUI wallet.
CashTokensMultisigWatch-only
Linux · macOS · Windows · Non-custodial
// 02 · Indexers
Index the chain
Fulcrum for Electrum-protocol wallets; Chaingraph for GraphQL queries over UTXOs, CashTokens, and mempool state.
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Chaingraph
Multi-node BCH blockchain indexer with a GraphQL API and live subscriptions.
Server · MIT
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Fulcrum
Fast SPV backend server for Electron Cash and other BCH wallets.
Server · Linux · macOS · Windows · GPL-3.0
Verified Jul 18, 2026
// 03 · Upgrades
Consensus history
BCH upgrades on a scheduled cadence — most on May 15, historically also November 15. If you're behind the latest activation, you're off consensus. Upgrade.
- LaylaMay 15, 2026// Current
Bounded loops, Pay-to-Script, OP_DEFINE / OP_INVOKE, bitwise ops.
- VM Limits + BigIntMay 15, 2025
New operation-cost budget replaces the 201-op limit, stack elements raised to 10,000 bytes, and BigInt removes nMaxNumSize entirely — arbitrary-precision math on chain.
- ABLAMay 15, 2024
Adaptive Blocksize Limit Algorithm — block limit grows with sustained demand.
- CashTokensMay 15, 2023
Native fungible tokens and NFTs (CHIP-2022-02) plus P2SH32 (CHIP-2022-05) — no wrappers, no bridge, no ERC-20 shim.
- May 2022 upgradeMay 15, 2022
Native introspection opcodes and 64-bit script integers — the prerequisites CashTokens covenants would rely on the next cycle.
- AxionNov 15, 2020
ASERT difficulty adjustment. IFP removed. BCHA / eCash forked here.
- PhononMay 15, 2020
OP_REVERSEBYTES, sigchecks — script cost accounting.
- GravitonNov 15, 2019
Schnorr signatures for OP_CHECKMULTISIG, minimal data push enforcement.
- Great WallMay 15, 2019
Schnorr signatures, SegWit-recovery script.
- Magnetic AnomalyNov 15, 2018
CTOR (canonical tx ordering), OP_CHECKDATASIG. BSV forked here.
- MonolithMay 15, 2018
32 MB blocks, OP_RETURN 220 bytes, re-enabled opcodes (OP_CAT, OP_SPLIT, arithmetic).
- November 2017 upgradeNov 13, 2017
New difficulty adjustment algorithm replacing EDA, plus LOW_S and NULLFAIL signature enforcement.
- UAHFAug 1, 2017
User-Activated Hard Fork. BCH splits from BTC — 8 MB blocks, no SegWit, no RBF, SIGHASH_FORKID replay protection, Emergency Difficulty Adjustment.
// Full CHIP tracker with activation status and node-version compatibility — coming in phase 2.
// Next
Install recipes are coming
Copy-paste one-liners for BCHN + Fulcrum on Debian, Docker Compose for Chaingraph, systemd units — all in the next content sweep.