Why the Next Billion Should Bet on Bitcoin Cash — Not BTC

By alberdioni8406 | The BCH Observer | 19 Jun 2025

People should use real digital money, not digital gold for the elites.

The world is living times of uncertainty, where censorship is the reason driving it, there are rising inflation, and growing inequality. While headlines on the legacy media scream about BTC's prices reaching new highs, billions of people are still outside and locked out of financial systems.

The major reason why these people are outside and locked out of financial systems isn't because they don't have ambition, but because the tools available are not built for them. There's a truth that no one dare to tell:

People don’t need BTC to join the crypto revolution. They need usable, fast, permissionless money. They need Bitcoin Cash (BCH).

Why BTC Isn’t for the Next Billion

BTC might be dominating the news and headlines, but truth must be told. It doesn't work for the most of the world, and here I will tell you why:

Fees too high - people pay more than $5 to move their money on a single transaction which is an absurd if they are sending, for example, funds to Africa, Latin America, or Southeast Asia.
Slower Transactions: BTC is a "dinosaur" chain that need at least 30 plus minutes to confirm transactions, specially on those network congestions
Not user-friendly: nowadays, most of the BTC wallets are pushing users to use Lightning Network apps - the exact opposite of what financial freedom means.
Speculation over utility: BTC is being transformed (and making Satoshi rolling on its grave, if dead) into Wall Street's play, not a lifeline for real-world commerce or used by the average people.

The BTC narrative of “digital gold”, might serve to hedge funds, ETFs, corporations, Govt or even influencers, but it fails to the more than 1 billion unbanked or underbanked people who need money that works.

Why BCH Is Different — And Why It Matters

Bitcoin Cash is the continuation of the real Bitcoin, the one designed by SATOSHI Nakamoto and serve the people first, not institutions.

This is ideal for the next billion people and here's why:

Lower fees, always - people can send any amounts of money, from pennies to thousands and pay a fraction of a cent → bitinfocharts.com/comparison
Fast confirmations, always - any payment made on the BCH chain, arrives in matter of seconds and confirmed under 2 minutes. People don't need to wait eternities to see it confirmed, or wait until no more and doesn't have congestion. Try today the wallet.bitcoin.com
On-chain scaling - Bitcoin Cash supports big block up to 32 MB (versus 1 MB from BTC) allowing to handle hundreds of transactions per second on-chain, no second layers needed like on BTC with LN
Real Use in the Real World - Bitcoin Cash is used worldwide to acquire food, pay for a taxi ride, remittances and used in local services in countries like Nigeria, Venezuela, South Sudan, Kenya, Brazil, and much more as can be seen on → map.bitcoin.com or map.paytaca.com
Permissionless and Private - people don't need a bank account or have an ID, approval to use and store their Bitcoin Cash. They just need a internet connection, a smartphone and a wallet.
Smart contracts and tokens - Bitcoin Cash is growing and with the emergence of Cashtokens, people can enable tokens, DeFi, non-fungible tokens and much more, all on-chain without paying enormous gas fees

Why BCH = The True Bitcoin Vision

“A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash…” – Satoshi Nakamoto, 2008 White Paper

Satoshi Nakamoto didn't built Bitcoin to be used by the elite. He created it for the average people, the ones who need it the most. But, BTC devs and maximalists rejected his vision, froze the protocol, and took all usability, turning into a centralized asset only usable through second layer-hacks such as LN.

Bitcoin Cash stayed the course.
It didn’t rebrand, it didn’t compromise - it simply kept scaling, kept improving, and kept working.

Read it for yourself: bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf

Getting Started with BCH

It's easy to get started on Bitcoin Cash as all you have to do, is to download a BCH wallet like Selene, Electron Cash, Zapit, Cashonize, and much more available in android, iOS and desktop.

With this, you can break free and empower yourself and become a part of the community.

Resources to Explore

HijackingBitcoin.com — What went wrong with BTC
BCH Podcast Ep 142 — Bank Runs & Truth
Bitcoin.com — News, tools, and onboarding
MiniSatoshi.cash — BCH education & movement
Compare BCH & BTC Fees

Final Thought

The next billion people won't enter crypto thought ETFs, meme coins or even coins that users need to pay more than $5 in fees to move and use their own money.

They will enter because someone shower them a way to send money across borders, buy food locally, or get paid for a freelance job or for a tip received - all done without permission, middlemen, or manipulation.

That’s not BTC.
That’s Bitcoin Cash.