Bch has a surprisingly robust ecosystem and strong development. Unfortunately, transaction volume is almost as low as the mining fees!
I use many coins regularly, and objectively, BCH has a lot going for it.
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Really? I dunno. But what advantage does BCH have that you dont get with LN?
Self-custody.
Rule #1 Not your keys, not your coins.
Hmm. See for small and quick commerce its gonna compete with fiat cash, USDT, self custodial LN, LTC, XMR and many such currencies. I'm not against BCH but I don't see the schelling point.
Not to mention it also competes with custodial LN which is the biggest competitor.
For buying daily coffee and groceries I dont mind keeping a weeks worth of cash in custody as long as the UI is super convenient. Even if I'm rugged - its just a week's worth of groceries. People can handle that.
BCH has def had more than usual headwinds (still not usable with Coincards, Bitrefill, BTCPay, Bisq, etc), and transactions are pathetically low.
But, there have been significant upgrades in the past 2 years. Namely, CashTokens, which allows for easy tokenization on layer 1. For the world of decentralized money this is a huge breakthrough, because the world now has Ethereum like contracts at the cost of a Polygon transaction, all on the mainchain.
Real world example is MUSD. Similar to DAI, but backed by BCH. 100% decentralized. See moria.money and the ground level DeFi DEX, at cauldron.quest
This is some serious shit! BCH is now like having BTC, ETH, LN, DAI all in a single PoW coin...with the OG genesis block in it's pedigree. Now, tell me people aren't going to catch onto this.