Is Bitcoin Cash (BCH) a shitcoin?
$ No. Strong fundamentals, few red flags.
Gold-meter
63/100
merit score
Shit-meter
3/100
red-flag score
Bitcoin Cash: Strongest on fair launch & distribution (100); no major red flags.
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Payments · Data confidence medium How much of the methodology had verified data behind this score. It says nothing about the project itself. Is this verdict fair?
Community opinion — never affects scores.
Every score is built from the indicators below. Select any line for the reasoning, raw data and source.
Goldcoin score breakdown Higher is better · total 63 Supply soundness 14% of score 100
Current annual inflation measured 100 0.817% Supply policy assessed 100 Fixed hard cap Decentralization 16% of score 59
Nakamoto coefficient measured 23 2 Reachable full / validating nodes measured 50 ~1,000 (est.) Largest client's share measured 22 ~85% (est.) Permissionless participation assessed 100 Anyone can mine or validate Consensus mechanism assessed 100 Proof of work Fair launch & distribution 16% of score 100
Genesis allocation to insiders measured 100 0% Launch method assessed 100 Fair mining / fair launch Top-100 holders' share measured ?
Unknown Cost to attack measured 16 ~$30M (est.) Full bear markets survived measured 80 2 Halts or rollbacks, last 5 years measured 100 0 Years in production measured 91 9.2 years Tech & development 12% of score 40
Open source assessed 100 Fully open Programmability assessed 50 Limited scripting or tokens only Monthly active core developers measured 0 0 Originality assessed 10 Copy fork or template token Usability as money 10% of score 50
Confirmation speed (L1) assessed 15 10 min or more Typical transaction fee (L1) assessed 85 $0.001 to $0.01 Annual fees ÷ market cap measured 7 0.0016% Daily active addresses measured ?
Unknown TVL or non-speculative settlement ÷ market cap measured ?
Unknown Security budget 10% of score 46
Fee share of security rewards assessed 15 Under 3% Real reward to securers assessed 50 Roughly break-even Security spend (rewards ÷ market cap per year) assessed 70 0.75% to 1.5% Security trend (hashrate or staked share, 1 year) assessed 50 Flat
Shitcoin score breakdown Higher is worse · total 3 Track record 10% of score 0
Core-protocol exploits with user losses, last 5 years measured 0 0 Regulatory enforcement against the issuer measured 0 None Insider control 20% of score 6
Who controls upgrades and governance assessed 0 Broad rough consensus Team, investor and foundation holdings measured 11 ~5.5% (est.) Top-10 wallets' share measured ?
Unknown Admin powers 15% of score 0
Freeze or blacklist function measured 0 No Mint authority measured 0 None Upgrade path measured 0 Immutable or hard fork only Unlock overhang 15% of score 0
FDV ÷ market cap measured 0 1× Unlocks in next 12 months measured 0 0% Function beyond speculation assessed 0 Money, gas or collateral Market cap ÷ annual economic throughput measured ?
Unknown Token needed to use the product assessed 0 Required Hype dependence 10% of score 0
Celebrity, influencer or politician launch assessed 0 No Social mentions ÷ active addresses measured ?
Unknown Trading turnover measured ?
Unknown Methodology v0.8 · computed 2026-09-29 