What is Bitcoin Cash?

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Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is an upgraded version of the Bitcoin Core software. It was released on August 1st, 2017.
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The title page of the original Bitcoin Whitepaper by Satoshi Nakamoto, 2008
The main upgrade offered by Bitcoin Cash is an increase of the blocksize limit to 8mb. This effectively allows miners on the BCH chain to process more payments per second. This makes for faster, cheaper transactions and a much smoother user experience.
Why was Bitcoin Cash Created?