Bitcoin Cash (BCC or BCH), the cryptocurrency that spawned from the original Bitcoin blockchain is getting further support from wallet providers, merchants and exchanges, Bitcoin.com has reported.

The Bitcoin offshoot was created on August 1, after a small subset of the Bitcoin community, opposed the SegWit scaling upgrade, decided to implement a different solution to Bitcoin’s scaling issues. This led to a split of the main blockchain and the creation of Bitcoin Cash.

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While the initial support for Bitcoin Cash was lacklustre at best, as the new cryptocurrency established itself as one of the major digital coins on the market, it started to gain backing from an increasing number of cryptocurrency service providers. And, according to the Bitcoin.com report, the cryptocurrency continues to gain infrastructure support.

Earlier this week, the US-based Bitcoin payment service provider Bitpay announced that it had added Bitcoin Cash support to its Copay wallet. Meanwhile, the popular cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp enabled Bitcoin Cash withdrawals and added that the cryptocurrency would be available for trading on the platform from next month.

The Bitcoin Cash project has also overhauled its website, adding new features, such as real-time updates on the cryptocurrency’s market value. In addition, a community-driven website called “The Accept Bitcoin Cash Initiative” has been recently launched. The website provides a list of merchants and websites that accept Bitcoin Cash.

Despite these developments, Bitcoin Cash has recently been overtaken by Ripple as the third-largest cryptocurrency. In today’s trading the Bitcoin Cash price stood at $444.39, as of 14:35 BST. The digital coin has fallen 1.4% over the past 24 hours and its market capitalisation currently stands at $7.39 billion.