BitPay wallet adds support for Bitcoin Cash

Bitcoin payment processor BitPay has rolled out the beta version of its open source Copay wallet, which promises to make it easier for users to spend and store their Bitcoin Cash (BCH) alongside Bitcoin (BTC).

The beta release is BitPay’s answer to the growing number of requests for the company to support Bitcoin Cash. With the Copay wallet, BitPay said will give its users “the freedom to choose—or to use both BCH and BTC.”

The BCH-compatible Copay wallet has been enabled to access the BCH balance created during the August 1 hard fork, which means that those that have wallets with BTC before the hard fork event will receive a BCH balance equivalent to their BTC balance.

To enable Bitcoin Cash support in the Copay app, users only need to turn on the “Bitcoin Cash Support” switch in the settings tab and select “Chain: BCH,” and voila, the new wallet will start operating on the Bitcoin Cash network.