At Bitcoin Cash Birthday Bash, Crypto Embraces the Strange

It might sound a bit nonsensical, but it was far from fiction at a bitcoin cash birthday party in London last week, where a circus-meets-gypsy-themed party gathered the cryptocurrency's local enthusiasts in celebration of the one-year anniversary of its first block.

Today, bitcoin cash boasts 32 MB blocks, which according to enthusiasts at the #BitcoinRebirth party in London's West End will make the protocol better for use as an electronic currency.

That's been - rather controversially - the bitcoin cash contingent's main argument for some time, and as the party proved, they have no plan to give up the fight anytime soon.

Unveiled via a retro "Streetfighter" video during the event, the new bitcoin cash logo attempts to hammer home the message that the bitcoin name should be reclaimed, with a fighter using a samurai sword to cut the "Cash" part of the project's logo to reveal tagline that concludes: "... because bitcoin cash is bitcoin."

Asked specifically about how bitcoin cash will entice merchants to adopt bitcoin cash, Ayre said there is a merchant program afoot with direct sales people educating large merchants.

Her company, which has handled more than $100 million in cryptocurrency sales of luxury items in the last year, started off accepting bitcoin, litecoin and ether, added stellar and then most recently added bitcoin cash.

Bitcoin cash seems to be emerging as a popular choice with a lot of "Fun" users, White told CoinDesk.

Bitcoin cash "Is used for things like Beyonce and Jay-Z World Tour tickets, or people throwing parties on Greek Islands and buying Dom Perignon," she explained.

It seems bitcoin cash is slowly, but surely attracting a new wave of potential cryptocurrency enthusiasts, ones that just might bring about another merchant rush like the one seen with bitcoin in 2014.

Bitcoin cash party image via Ian Allison for CoinDesk.