Just how many Bitcoin forks are out there in the crypto wild?
New research shows at least 44 Bitcoin forks using the Bitcoin name have popped up since Bitcoin Cash was created on August 1, 2017. Here’s a look at all 44, compiled by researchers at the cryptocurrency exchange BitMex.
| Name | URL/Source | Fork Height |
| Bitcoin Cash | Link | 478,558 |
| – Bitcoin Clashic | Link | (BCH Fork) |
| – Bitcoin Candy | Link | (BCH Fork) |
| Bitcoin Gold | Link | 491,407 |
| Bitcore | Link | 492,820 |
| Bitcoin Diamond | Link | 495,866 |
| Bitcoin Platinum | Link | 498,533 |
| Bitcoin Hot | Link | 498,777 |
| United Bitcoin | Link | 498,777 |
| BitcoinX | Link | 498,888 |
| Super Bitcoin | Link | 498,888 |
| Oil Bitcoin | Link | 498,888 |
| Bitcoin Pay | Link | 499,345 |
| Bitcoin World | Link | 499,777 |
| Bitclassic Coin | Link | 499,888 |
| Lightning Bitcoin | Link | 499,999 |
| Bitcoin Stake | Link | 499,999 |
| Bitcoin Faith | Link | 500,000 |
| Bitcoin Eco | Link | 500,000 |
| Bitcoin New | Link | 500,100 |
| Bitcoin Top | Link | 501,118 |
| Bitcoin God | Link | 501,225 |
| Fast Bitcoin | Link | 501,225 |
| Bitcoin File | Link | 501,225 |
| Bitcoin Cash Plus | Link | 501,407 |
| Bitcoin Segwit2x | Link | 501,451 |
| Bitcoin Pizza | Link | 501,888 |
| Bitcoin Ore | Link | 501,949 |
| World Bitcoin | Link | 503,888 |
| Bitcoin Smart | Link | 505,050 |
| BitVote | Link | 505,050 |
| Bitcoin Interest | Link | 505,083 |
| Bitcoin Atom | Link | 505,888 |
| Bitcoin Community | Link | 506,066 |
| Big Bitcoin | Link | 508,888 |
| Bitcoin Private | Link | 511,346 |
| Classic Bitcoin | Link | 516,095 |
| Bitcoin Clean | Link | 518,800 |
| Bitcoin Hush | Link | 2/1/2018 |
| Bitcoin Rhodium | Link | Unknown |
| Bitcoin LITE | Link | Unknown |
| Bitcoin Lunar | Link | Unknown |
| Bitcoin Green | Link | Unknown |
| Bitcoin Hex | Link | Unknown |
Forks are typically used to give developers a way to modify a coin’s code and adopt a new and improved version of the platform. They’re also used to create entirely new coins with new names, teams and goals.
However, Bitcoin forks are also notorious for copy-pasting Bitcoin’s code, adopting the Bitcoin name and making vague promises on improvements that will be implemented in the future, with few details on development or on the team behind the project.
Early this year, the global director of fintech strategy at Autonomous Research, Lex Sokolin, predicted crush of at least 50 Bitcoin forks to come in 2018 alone.
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