http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-exchanges-unveil-emergency-hard-fork-contingency-plan/
That's some really great news!
The big exchanges would list BU as an alternative asset in terms of a network split!
So even with less hashrate BTC keeps being BTC.Awesome!
Quote
According to the statement – backed by Bitfinex, Bitstamp, BTCC, Bitso, Bitsquare, Bitonic, Bitbank, Coinfloor, Coincheck, itBit, QuadrigaCX, Bitt, Bittrex, Kraken, Ripio, ShapeShift, The Rock Trading and Zaif – the exchanges would list the BU asset under the BTU or XBU tickers in the event of a network split, which they collectively say "may be inevitable".
That's some really great news!
The big exchanges would list BU as an alternative asset in terms of a network split!
So even with less hashrate BTC keeps being BTC.Awesome!
I'm a bit technically ignorant about this. Would the BTC need to be sitting on an exchange at the time of fork? I'm just wondering because I have some sitting in a multibit wallet.
If a hard fork is imminent and you want to preserve your options you should have your bitcoin on your own computer and run both Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Unlimited. After the fork you will have double your bitcoin with the same balance on each fork. But added together the total value will be less than before the fork is my best understanding. We really want to avoid a contentious hard fork.