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> even if it's currently more profitable to mine Bitcoin Cash than Bitcoin

It seems that is the case if you consider only the block reward, but not if you also consider the transaction fees: http://fork.lol/reward/blocks

The BTC chain has more transactions per block than the BCH chain, and the per-transaction fee is also higher.

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No, it's still more profitable to mine BCH even considering the transaction fees, see the home page of fork.lol: http://fork.lol/

The graph you linked is not considering block difficulty.

Transaction fees, even when they're really expensive like they currently are on the Bitcoin chain, are still minimal in comparison to the block reward of 12.5 Bitcoins (or about $51,250 at current prices) per block found.

Here's a link to a recent full block found on the Bitcoin chain, total transaction fees were 0.43 BTC (or about $1,750).

Recent Full Block on Bitcoin Chain - https://blockchain.info/block/00000000000000000112ebb0462fe5...

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