Welcome. You came here from Pineapple Watersports, where your vote decides which artists get paid. Here's how to vote with your money too.
Every dollar you spend
is a vote.
Pay in US dollars and you're voting for the banks and card companies in the middle. Pay in Bitcoin Cash and your money goes straight from your wallet to the person you're paying, with nobody in between.
Your money votes too, every time you spend it.
Pay with a card or a bank and every payment goes through companies in the middle. They take a cut, and they get a say. Pay in Bitcoin Cash and it goes straight from your wallet to the person you're paying, with nobody in between to take a cut, block it or freeze it.
Pay in US dollars and you're voting for the banks and card companies that decide who gets paid and who gets shut down, and creators are usually the first ones they cut off. Pay in Bitcoin Cash and your money goes straight from your wallet to the artist's wallet, with nobody in the middle to freeze it, block it or take a cut. Tip an artist in BCH and you've voted for them twice.
They can freeze it
In February 2022, under the Emergencies Act, Canadian banks froze up to 210 accounts holding about $7.8 million. Whatever you think of that protest, the lesson is the same: money in a bank is only yours as long as someone else agrees.
They take a cut of everything
In 2024, US businesses paid $187 billion in fees just to accept credit and debit cards, and shops build that into their prices.
Sending money home costs a fortune
Sending $200 to family in another country cost an average of 6.49% in early 2025, more than double the 3% goal the UN set for 2030.
They decide who's allowed to earn
In August 2021 OnlyFans announced it would ban sexually explicit content, and pointed at the banks it depended on. It backed down days later, but creators learned their income was only there as long as someone else's bank allowed it.
Sources: Finance Canada to a House of Commons committee, reported by CBC (2022). The Nilson Report (2024 fees). World Bank, Remittance Prices Worldwide (first quarter of 2025).
Every payment in dollars is a vote for that system. Every payment in Bitcoin Cash is a vote against it.
Nobody in the middle
A payment from your own wallet goes straight to theirs. There's no bank, card network or payment company that can say no.
Nobody takes a cut
The network fee is usually a fraction of a cent, so what you send is what they get.
Nobody can freeze it
Money in your own wallet is yours. No account to close, no hold, no "we're reviewing your account".
Dollars or Bitcoin Cash?
| Paying in dollars | Paying in Bitcoin Cash | |
|---|---|---|
| Who's in the middle | Your bank, a card network, a payment processor, their bank | Nobody. Wallet to wallet. |
| Who can block it | Any of them, for any reason they choose | Nobody, when you pay from your own wallet |
| The cut | Card fees usually run a few percent, paid by the person you're paying | A network fee that's usually a fraction of a cent |
| How fast | Shows up right away, but can take days to really arrive, and can be reversed | Shows up in seconds, and can't be pulled back |
| What you need | A bank account and their approval | A free app on your phone |
Bitcoin Cash is the true Bitcoin
Bitcoin was meant to be peer-to-peer electronic cash, it says so right in the title of Satoshi Nakamoto's 2008 white paper: "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System". BTC went another way: the blocks were kept small, the fees climbed to dollars a payment whenever it got busy, and it turned into something people hold instead of spend. In August 2017 Bitcoin Cash split off to keep the original plan going: cheap, fast payments that anyone can make. Same 21 million coin limit, same idea, built to be spent.
That's why we call Bitcoin Cash the true Bitcoin: it's the one that still does what Bitcoin was invented to do. A coin you can't afford to spend isn't cash, and cash is what Satoshi Nakamoto set out to build.
If you want the whole story, Roger Ver tells it in his book Hijacking Bitcoin.
Where the owner of this site stands: Bitcoin Cash is the Bitcoin Satoshi Nakamoto described: peer-to-peer electronic cash. BTC gave that up to become something people hold instead of spend. I believe the world will come back to the original idea, and when it does, Bitcoin Cash is the one built for it.
Start voting with your money in 3 steps
About ten minutes, start to finish.
Get the Selene wallet
We've picked the wallet for you so you don't have to compare twenty of them. Selene is free, it's made just for Bitcoin Cash, it's open source, and it's non-custodial. Open source means its code is public, so anyone can check exactly what it does, with nothing hidden. Non-custodial means you hold the keys and nobody else can touch what's in it. When you set it up, it gives you a recovery phrase: write it down on paper and keep it somewhere safe. If you lose your phone, that phrase is how you get your money back. Nobody can reset it for you.
From selene.cash. Step by step: how to set up Selene.
Turn a few dollars into Bitcoin Cash
Buy BCH with dollars on an app or exchange that sells it, then send it to your Selene address (in Selene, tap Receive and copy the address). Start small, with what you'd spend on tips this month.
- Kraken sells BCH in the US, Canada and many other countries.
- Coinbase sells BCH in the US and many other countries.
- Newton sells BCH in Canada.
Each one checks your ID when you sign up, that's the law for anyone selling crypto for dollars. Check it works where you live. And move your BCH to Selene once you've bought it: an exchange can freeze its customers' accounts, your own wallet can't be frozen. Step by step: how to buy Bitcoin Cash.
Spend it
Tip an artist, pay a friend back, pay anyone who'll take it. Every payment you make in Bitcoin Cash is one that didn't go through a bank or a card company, and one more person who sees that it works. That's the vote.
Straight talk
The price of Bitcoin Cash goes up and down, sometimes a lot, and it has been far higher than it is now. The BCH you buy today could be worth less next month, or more. So convert what you plan to spend, not your rent or your savings.
Nothing on this site is financial advice. It's the case for spending in a currency nobody can switch off and fulfilling Satoshi's vision.
Learn more
How to buy Bitcoin Cash
Pick an exchange, buy a little, and move it to a wallet only you control. Plus the mistakes that cost people money.
Read it →Set up Selene
Install it, write down your recovery phrase, get your address and pay someone. About five minutes.
Read it →Bitcoin Cash vs Bitcoin
Why there are two, side by side: fees, speed, block size, tokens. And how not to mix them up.
Read it →Questions
Is Bitcoin Cash the same as Bitcoin (BTC)?
No. They share a history up to August 2017, then split. They're different coins with different prices and different addresses. Don't send BTC to a Bitcoin Cash address, or the other way around. Bitcoin Cash vs Bitcoin, side by side.
Bitcoin Cash is Satoshi's Bitcoin on steroids. With an adjustable blocksize, its own CashScript for smart contracts, CashTokens for apps and CashFusion for privacy, Bitcoin Cash is superior as money in every way.
What Bitcoin Cash can do that BTC can't:
- Grow with demand. Since May 2024 the block size limit adjusts itself as more people use it, so fees stay a fraction of a cent. BTC keeps its blocks small, and when it gets busy the fees climb to dollars a payment.
- Pay at the counter. A Bitcoin Cash payment shows up in seconds and can't be swapped out for another one once it's sent, so a shop can hand over the coffee right away. On BTC an unconfirmed payment can be replaced with a higher-fee one, so the safe thing is to wait for a block, often ten minutes or more.
- Run smart contracts on the money itself. With CashScript, developers write contracts like escrow, savings vaults, recurring payments and crowdfunding that run right on Bitcoin Cash. Upgrades in May 2025 and May 2026 added high-precision math, loops and functions. BTC's scripting is kept deliberately limited.
- Carry tokens and NFTs, built in. Since May 2023, CashTokens let anyone make their own tokens, tickets, loyalty points or collectibles directly on Bitcoin Cash, with the same tiny fees. BTC has no tokens built into the coin itself.
Is it legal?
Buying, holding and spending Bitcoin Cash is legal in the US and Canada. The apps that sell it for dollars have to check your ID, so expect that when you sign up.
Do I pay tax on it?
In the US and Canada, selling or spending crypto can count as a taxable event if the price has changed since you bought it. Small amounts usually don't add up to much, but keep a record of what you buy and spend.
What if I lose my phone?
Install Selene on your new phone and restore it with your recovery phrase. Your money comes right back. Without the phrase, nobody can get it back for you, so write it down and keep it safe.
Why Selene and not another wallet?
Because choosing between twenty wallets is where most people give up. Selene is free, made for Bitcoin Cash, open source so anyone can check its code, simple to use, and you hold your own keys. If you already have a Bitcoin Cash wallet you like, use that.