Bitcoin SV remains a failed legacy fork with negligible usage and effectively absent current development
| Grade | Verdict | Score | Rank | Price | Market cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | Failed | Red | 14.5 / 100 | #161 of 203 | $16.23 | $325.6M |
F | Failed means: Score below 40, or any single hard red flag. Do not own — the story is irrelevant.
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 — scores are re-evaluated daily and this snapshot refreshes on each site publish. The live app always shows current data.
Bitcoin SV is a proof-of-work blockchain launched through a 2018 split from Bitcoin Cash, following Bitcoin’s earlier separation from the original chain. BSV is the native asset, used to pay for transactions and other activity recorded on the network. The project aims to preserve the original Bitcoin protocol design while supporting peer-to-peer payments, small-value transfers, data applications, tokens, smart contracts, and computation. Its stated approach to scaling removes fixed block-size restrictions and restores some Script functions that Bitcoin limited. At a high level, the network relies on mining to process and secure transactions, with larger blocks intended to accommodate greater on-chain capacity. The profile distinguishes Bitcoin SV through this emphasis on expanding activity directly on the base chain and maintaining a broad set of transaction and application capabilities.
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