Main thing for me is, in the end I want only one coin. This talk of 2 chains is ridiculous.
2 coins would at least put an end for good to this endless drama.
The market will sort out the good coins from the bad ones.
I don't think there will ever be enough consensus for a fork. However, if there is one then doesn't it mean all Bitcoin holders can double their money, provided the price stays the same?
Price will not stay the same! BUcoin price will crash immediately as a result of oversupply, everybody will sell it. The price of Bitcoin will shoot up to the moon firstly, because everybody will convert BUcoins into Bitcoins and secondly, because there will be no obstacles anymore to implement segwit, LN and sidechains.
So we get to keep all our coins, sell the fork's coins for a fair amount of cash, and the coins we hold shoot up to the moon in value?
That sounds like the kind of sweet deal that will entice speculators to buy in advance.