There was a hijacking. Bitcoin was created to be peer to peer e-cash and it was on its way to becoming that. Then the hijackers came in and started pushing the digital gold scam. Now BTC is not a currency it is useless aside from some speculative investment with slow and unreliable transactions.
BCH forked away to preserve Bitcoin, not to create a different currency. BCH is actually the real Bitcoin.
Hijacking Bitcoin: by Roger Ver