[Bitcoin fork Bitcoin Cash (BCH) launches major upgrade]
Bitcoin Cash developer Jason Dreyzehner announced that a major upgrade in May 2025 has been enabled on the mainnet, covering two improvements in target virtual machine limits (VM Limits) CHIP and BigInt CHIP high-precision arithmetic.
Target VM Limits CHIP: This upgrade increases Bitcoin Cash’s VM computing power by over 100x and reduces node compute utilization by 50%. This not only reduces operating costs, but also simplifies the contract structure and audit process, enhances security, and supports innovative applications such as post-quantum cryptography and zero-knowledge proofs.
BigInt CHIP: High-precision arithmetic: This feature reduces contract length by more than 10 times, making applications such as automated market making, decentralized stablecoins, and cross-chain bridges possible. BigInt CHIP provides higher performance and lower transaction costs than Ethereum, and can run on the first layer, ensuring that full nodes can be supported with low-cost hardware.
This upgrade further enhances the performance and innovation capabilities of Bitcoin Cash and uses new tools and benchmarking technology to verify node performance.
Affected by the news of the upgrade, the price of Bitcoin Cash (BCH) rose slightly. As of writing, BCH is up 5% in the past 24 hours, reaching $442, marking its second consecutive day of gains.
