BTCB2 Price Surges to $1,799 Amid Thin Liquidity Concerns
The Bitcoin Blake2 fork, also known as BTCB2, has seen its price surge to $1,799 after struggling to gain traction initially. The chain split from the main Bitcoin network in August 2026 due to a disagreement over BIP-110, which restricted non-monetary data. The minority fork, now referred to as Bitcoin Blake2, had difficulty mining blocks and stalled until it adopted the Blake2 hash function and reduced its block size.
Despite this setback, BTCB2 has seen some listing on smaller exchanges like Neoxa and Nonkyc.io, although major crypto market cap aggregation websites have yet to include it. The replay attack risks associated with the fork remain a concern for holders, who must split their UTXO away from genuine BTC to avoid potential losses.
The price of BTCB2 has been volatile, reaching $1,799 against USDC on September 5 and fluctuating between $750 and $1,000 over the past day. However, its fully diluted valuation stands at around $20.9 billion, which would put it as the ninth largest market cap if listed on Binance.