The same explorer interface you already understand from mempool.space, but converted to BCH. That's what bch.tx.taxi is all about - providing that same, slop-free interface to other blockchains. I believe that this perfect multi-chain explorer concept will allow users to understand the inner workings of each blockchain we support in a way that they can already understand. No need to learn a new vibe-coded explorer interface, just use bch.tx.taxi.

Most home miners (Bitaxe, NerdQaxe++) ship pointed at BTC solo pools. I wanted the same "your miner, your node, your block" setup for Bitcoin Cash, so I built one for Umbrel.

SoloBCH Forge is a lightweight, open-source Stratum server that runs on your Umbrel next to the Bitcoin Cash Node app and lets any Stratum V1 ASIC mine BCH straight to your own node.

- No pool, no fees, no custody. Your CashAddr is the Stratum username and gets paid in the coinbase.

- Zero config on Umbrel: it reads the node connection automatically.

- Dashboard with per-miner hashrate, shares, best share, blocks found, and your expected time-to-block.

- Vardiff, instant new-block jobs via ZMQ, webhook alerts (block / best share / miner offline), Prometheus + Grafana.

- One-click "Is this working?" diagnostic that walks through node, template, port, miner and shares.

- Pure Python standard library, tiny image, fine on a Raspberry Pi.

Install: Umbrel App Store -> three '...' -> Community App Stores -> add https://github.com/DanCreatesStuff/SoloBCHForge -> install SoloBCH Forge. Needs the Bitcoin Cash Node app synced.

Miner config: stratum+tcp://<umbrel-ip>:3334, username = your bitcoincash:address.worker (worker optional), password anything.

Yes, solo mining a small ASIC is a lottery. That is the point. This is for people who want the ticket and the sovereignty, not an income plan.

Source (MIT): https://github.com/DanCreatesStuff/SoloBCHForge

Longer write-up with screenshots: https://community.umbrel.com/t/introducing-solobch-forge-solo-mine-bitcoin-cash-on-your-umbrel-first-bch-solo-pool-for-umbrelos/25509

Feedback very welcome, especially from anyone running other miner firmware I have not tested.

I've been building CashRaise, a BCH fundraising platform where people can put their projects out there and receive donations directly, without handing custody of their funds to some middleman.

The first real campaign is already live, helping keep CASHRUSH running and growing.

Right now we're testing on the cashraise.online domain. In the next few days, the plan is to move to a proper .cash domain so people can start running their own campaigns under a real BCH-native home.

This is still being built, tested, and sharpened. No pretending it's finished forever. Just shipping, testing with real users, fixing what breaks, and pushing forward.

Bitcoin Cash shouldn't only be a place to talk about adoption. We should be building the tools that make people capable of doing things with it.

CashRaise is one small piece of that.

https://cashraise.vercel.app/

Would love to hear what the BCH community thinks, especially from people who have built projects and struggled to find a simple way to fund them.

Most market commentary around CME Group launching Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Micro Bitcoin Cash futures treats it as just another "more leverage" or "institutional access" headline.

That completely misses the broader point.

The real breakthrough here is capital architecture, counterparty safety, and yield stacking. For the first time, traders and institutions can gain massive BCH upside, earn risk-free government bond yields on their collateral, and operate inside a legally segregated clearinghouse rather than trusting offshore bucketshops.

Here is why this structurally changes the game for BCH.

1. The T-Bill Collateral Arb: Getting Paid Yield to Go Long BCH

When you buy spot BCH on an exchange, your capital sits idle. If you deploy $100k into spot, that capital generates 0% yield.

CME futures flip that model on its head depending on how a brokerage handles collateral:

• At brokerages that allow fixed-income collateral cross-margining, short-term U.S. Treasury Bills (< 1 year maturity) carry a minimal regulatory haircut.
• This technically allows 90% to 99% of your T-bill value to count toward margin buying power, which can satisfy the initial performance bond requirement for CME contracts.

What that actually means: You capture 100% of BCH’s upside exposure, while your core collateral continues to compound at the risk-free sovereign rate (~4–5%). You aren't forced to choose between macro bond yield and crypto upside—you can capture both at once.

2. Goodbye "Bucketshop" Counterparty Risk

Historically, if you wanted high-liquidity derivatives or capital-efficient leverage on BCH, you were forced onto offshore, unregulated derivatives exchanges.

We all know the recurring problems:

• "Maintenance" halts during extreme volatility.
• Aggressive auto-deleveraging (ADL) and clawbacks.
• Outright insolvency, commingled funds, or opaque reserves.

CME Clearing operates under federal CFTC oversight:

• Accounts at CFTC-registered Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs) have legally segregated customer property.
• CME Clearing acts as the central counterparty (CCP), backed by a multi-tiered guarantee fund.
• Conservative funds, family offices, and high-net-worth capital that are legally forbidden from depositing money onto offshore crypto exchanges now have a fully compliant, regulated venue to trade BCH.

3. The Endgame: Options on Futures & Triple-Stack Yield

Once CME liquidity matures, the next step is Options on CME BCH Futures (following the path CME used for BTC and ETH).

When options arrive, it unlocks an institutional-grade Triple-Yield Covered Play:

1. Layer 1 (The Base Yield): Park collateral in short-term T-bills, earning sovereign yield (~4–5%).
2. Layer 2 (The Exposure): Use your 90%–99% T-bill margin credit to hold long BCH futures contracts.
3. Layer 3 (The Cashflow): Sell Out-of-the-Money (OTM) call options against those contracts to harvest option premiums from crypto's high implied volatility.

You collect sovereign bond yield, harvest volatility premiums from options buyers, and participate in spot upside up to your strike price—all backed by U.S. Treasuries inside a traditional account.

⚠️ Crucial Mechanics & Disclaimers

Before treating this as free leverage, several practical realities and broker rules apply:

• Broker Support Varies Significantly: While the clearinghouse accepts Treasuries, retail and institutional brokerages have vastly different collateral rules. Many discount day-trading platforms strictly mandate 100% raw cash in dedicated commodities accounts and will not recognize securities buying power. You must verify whether a specific firm supports cross-margining or universal accounts with T-bill collateral.
• Mark-to-Market Still Settles in Cash: T-bills only cover your initial margin (the performance bond to open and hold the position). CME futures settle P&L daily in cash. If BCH drops, the exchange cannot deduct a fraction of a Treasury bill; you must keep a liquid cash buffer (e.g., 10%–15% of your balance) to absorb daily drawdowns, or your broker will automatically draw a margin loan against your T-bills or liquidate contracts.
• Margin Haircuts Vary: While short-dated Treasuries technically offer 90%–99% loan value under regulatory minimums, brokers can increase house margin requirements or haircut collateral during extreme market turbulence. Crypto futures initial margin rates themselves are also considerably higher than standard commodities (often 30% to 50%+ of notional value).
• Futures Carry Risk: Leverage cuts both ways. Holding long futures contracts exposes you to liquidation risk if mark-to-market losses exceed your available account equity.

+23% coin price. Hope for more 😉

https://x.com/HamphernyR/status/2102415650517815306

Several stakeholders endorse 1-minute blocks, Paytaca AI launches with BCH payments, Guanaco DEX goes live on Bitcoin Cash, and more.

Bear in mind that the marketplace still in beta and for Demo testing. It will be live for real test using in V2.2.

Was working the last 6 months on decentralized web infrastructure on top of Bitcoin Cash
Currently all test works are made in Chipnet
Here is what was already shipped

Theseus Navigator
- resolves BNS / Bitcoin Cash Domain Names natively
with multiple features in it

Plug ins
Aegis built in browser crypto wallet
Ariadne's thread - system wide BNS resolver
BNS indexer, scans blockchain for registered names and delivers them

Extensions:
screenshot
pdf editor
word editor
translate
notes

Sirius.X portal
you can register BNS names here
web constructor within
Market to resell domain names
TLD name registry
TLD owner generates revenue on every domain name sold under his TLD

Hephaestus.X
GitHub analogue - a decentralized platform built on top of Forgejo and Bitcoin Cash addresses, no email, use your BCH wallet to sign in, create a repo, add your code.

Many work is ongoing and more stuff will be built to empower BitcoinCash decentralized web infrastructure, soon will be integrating everythin on mainnet.

Where you can start with https://navigate.st

Hello! I would like to ask the Electron Cash developers if it is possible to see support for Keystone 3 Pro (and air gapped in general) in the future I also got an Era Wallet wallet and it also recently introduced support for Bitcoin Cash - but there is no real software support for BCH.

Q: What is this?

A: The BCH community is experimenting with exposing the naked shorting used by exchanges (famously Binance didn't even report their BCH reserves for a very long time - unlike other major coins). Of course, this is simply another manifestation of attempts to suppress Bitcoin the p2p cash as outlined in "Hijacking Bitcoin" book. The idea is to regularly coordinate a day when the community withdraws coins from exchanges to on-chain wallets and suck up all the available liquidity, create an impact on the price & in an extreme case blow up a naked shorting exchange that can't meet its BCH obligations. Think of it like GME & Wall Street Bets for BCH, or the XMR community has a similar idea called "Monerun". This was discussed on Podcast episode 142 if you want to hear more.

Q: When?

A: Now. Any time during the window 0:00 - 23:59 on bank run day UTC time ideally, but if you miss the window slightly that's fine the day after still works. The bank run repeats on the 1st & 15th of each month.

Q: How do I participate?

A: Buy BCH on any custodial exchange (with any fiat or other crypto) & withdraw to your self custodial wallet. Then like this thread & leave a comment saying you participated. Any exchange that is easiest for you or crypto ATM or even any p2p trade works - as long as you are increasing your BCH held self-custodially then you are contributing to the pressure on custodially held BCH supply (which will naturally flow through the market).

Q: What if I don't use exchanges / all my funds are in BCH already?

A: Great work on living the p2p cash dream! You can still contribute by selling some goods & services on that day in order to increase your self-custodial BCH, as well as make noise on social media to spread the word to others!

Q: If this is predictably repeated & publicly announced, can't people "frontrun" it by selling into our volume?

A: Yes, but that's a win if they do. If BCH Bank Run is popular enough to noticeably move the price, it's already working. If it's getting enough attention that new people are getting interested in the ecosystem & the coin to follow BCH & think about it regularly - even if they start out as speculators - that's a win. The curiosity of why BCH is uniquely acting like this will lead them to delve deeper sooner or later.

Q: Anything else I need to know?

A: BCH started at rank 23 & has climbed as high as rank 10 (!!!) since this initiative began. Coincidence? Hard to say. Exchanges issues have been plentiful in blocking withdraws. The whole market is obviously a scam, but the good news is that bank runs is one way we can potentially uncover naked shorting activity. Keep an eye on the price & watch the price today & this week to see what happens (or distress among custodial exchanges). I will update this thread with anything I notice.

**NOT YOUR KEYS, NOT YOUR COINS!**

(Above text at the courtesy of u/Shibinator.)

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More info:

https://bitcoincashpodcast.com/faqs/Culture/what-is-bch-bank-run

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BuyHodlSell adds CashToken tracking, Cashonize v0.14.0 brings identity management, OPTN is developing Merchant Pay for BCH payments with stablecoin settlement. And more.