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However, that changed when some Bitcoin forks were announced by the end of 2017. Forks announced in late 2017 included Super Bitcoin, Bitcoin Platinum, Bitcoin Cash Plus, Bitcoin Silver, Bitcoin Uranium, and Bitcoin God. Following those, many more forks were announced such as Bitcoin Interest and Bitcoin Ore. Below is a full list of all Bitcoin forks past, present, and future. First a few notes: • This is not a joke (it really does say “Bitcoin God” and not “Bitcoin Gold;” there are no typos above). • These Bitcoin forks could end up not being real. As far as we know at this point, they are real.

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See notes below for specifics on each coin. At this point Bitcoin Platinum is rumored to be fake while BitcoinX and a few others have been shown to be real; each coin is its own beast. • From late 2017 to 2018 there could be over 20 Bitcoin forks!

• Anyone holding Bitcoin in a wallet where they are in control of their private keys, or any holding Bitcoin in a platform the supports a given fork, would be privy to a given fork. • Each fork is its own deal, and each needs to see a successful launch before we can confirm its legitimacy.

To qualify for the fork, you must be in Bitcoin before the block height occurs. Below we will list the forks and their block number alongside a short description, an approximate date when we have one, and the “official” URL (the URL of the coin or the closest thing we could find when that wasn’t an option). Recent and Upcoming Bitcoin Forks 2017 – 2018 T he following Bitcoin forks either occurred in late 2017 – early 2018 or are planned for 2018. We will add more forks as they are announced, and notes as the forks occur; see below for a list of past forks including Bitcoin Diamond, Bitcoin Gold, and Bitcoin Cash: • BitcoinX (BCX): A smart contract (like ) based Bitcoin. NOTE: Snapshot block already occurred; the coin has officially been released and. • Super Bitcoin (SBTC): Like BitcoinX, a smart contract based Bitcoin. NOTE: Snapshot block already occurred; the coin has officially been released and.

• Bitcoin Platinum (BTP): According to the site, “Satoshi’s original vision of Decentralized Electronic Cash.” Around December 12th. Blocks 497757 / 498533. TIP: Bitcoin Platinum is rumored to be fake see:. NOTE: Snapshot block already occurred; no futures trading that I know of (in this case potentially because it wasn’t a real fork). • Bitcoin Oil (OBTC). No-premine, proof of stake, CPU mining, 2mb blocks. Block 498,888.

NOTE: Snapshot block already occurred; no futures trading that I know of. • Bitcoin World (BTW). 8mb blocks, proof of work, replay protection. Block 499777..

NOTE: Snapshot block already occurred; no futures trading that I know of. • Bitcoin Stake (BTCS): Proof of stake (as the name implies).

Block 499999.. NOTE: Snapshot block already occurred; no futures trading that I know of. • Bitcoin Faith (BTF): Smart Contracts, 8mb blocks, and Lightening Network. Block 500000..

NOTE: Snapshot block already occurred; no futures trading that I know of. • Lightning Bitcoin (LBTC): A fork that is meant to provide “lightning fast payments.” Uses smart contracts and can host decentralized apps like Ethereum (and Super Bitcoin). Gtx 970 Einsteinium EMC2 Mining.

Around December 23rd. Block 499,999.. NOTE: Snapshot block already occurred; I know of no futures trading. (Not to be confused with ). • Bitcoin Cash Plus (BCP): According to the site, “fulfilling the original promise of Bitcoin.” Around January 2nd, 2018. NOTE: Snapshot block already occurred; I know of no futures trading. • Bitcoin Silver (BTCS): According to a BitcoinTalk forum, the coin aims to “Make Bitcoin Decentralized Again.” Apparently, it occurs “in December.” The site had issues at one point.

When the site started working “again” it appeared to be a token sale (an Ethereum-based ICO).. NOTE: This ended up being an ICO; I don’t know if it is real, but it is not a Bitcoin fork. • Bitcoin Uranium (BUM): According to a BitcoinTalk forum, the coin aims to “Make Bitcoin Great Again.” Apparently, it occurs “in December.”. NOTE: No update on this fork; it is very doubtful that it “occurred in December.” There isn’t even an official site. • Bitcoin Top (BTT): Bitcoin Top is like Bitcoin Cash with Segwit and privacy protection according to the site.

There isn’t much to go on here outside a website. Block 501118.. NOTE: Snapshot block already occurred; no futures trading that I know of. • Bitcoin Pizza (BPA): A Bitcoin that uses Directed Acyclic Graph technology (DAG), the technology IOTA uses.

Block 501,888 Bitcore BTX Mining With Raspberry Pi there. .. • Bitcoin File (BIFI): Smart contracts, content network, and bigger blocks.

Block 501225.. NOTE: Snapshot block already occurred; no futures trading that I know of. • Bitcoin God (GOD): No pre-mining, no central team (in theory), smart contracts, large blocks, POS mining, lightening network enabled, zero-knowledge proof, etc. It’s apparently a [slightly late] Christmas Present from Chinese Angel Investor. Block 501225. Originally said to occur Dec. 25, but block 501225 won’t happen until sometime late Dec.

26 or early Dec. NOTE: Snapshot block already occurred; I know of no futures trading. • Bitcoin Segwit2x “2.0”: The Bitcoin hard fork Segwit2x is rumored to be back again after being canceled at the last minute back in October (at the time it was meant to occur at block 494784, there was a rumor that it did occur, but no nodes are running it). From what we can tell, and as a reader pointed out, this iteration of Segwit2x seems to have no direct relation to the last Segwit2x fork beyond its name. Further, there is some who question the legitimacy of this fork.

The current iteration is planned for block 501451. For the original fork, see:. For the latest iteration, see. NOTE: Snapshot block already occurred; Segwit2x futures have been trading since the last Segwit2x fork (be careful trading these futures though, if the forks are unrelated it isn’t clear how exchanges that are allowing Segwit2x futures trading will rectify this). • Bitcoin Smart (BCS): Equihash mining, 8mb blocks, Segwit, replay, smart contracts, no pre-mine.

The smart nod is a nod to smart contracts. It is similar to Bitcoin God where it throws the kitchen sink into the mix. Block 505050.. NOTE: Snapshot block already occurred; no futures trading that I know of. • Bitcoin Ore (BCO):, 8mb blocks, replay protection. Block 501,949..

NOTE: Snapshot block already occurred; no futures trading that I know of. • Bitcoin Interest (BCI): A Bitcoin fork (it pays you interest for holding BCI essentially). January 22nd, 2018 11:59 PM GMT, or at Block 505083.. NOTE: Snapshot block already occurred; no futures trading that I know of. • Bitcoin Private (BTCP): Zclassic plans to fork Bitcoin to create Bitcoin Private (a privacy-focused Bitcoin that mashes up the features of Bitcoin Gold and Zcash/Zclassic). Zclassic holders and Bitcoin Holders will get Bitcoin Private ( BTCP), you need to hold Zclassic and Bitcoin for the fork. The supply is 18,500,000 BTCP (supply BTC + supply ZCL).

Please note that you’ll likely need to hold Zclassic in a Zclassic wallet to be privy to this, thus buying and holding on Bittrex, for example, may not be enough. Snapshot date to be announced. See Zclassic Twitter: and Zclassic Dev’s Twitter: • Bitcoin Hush (BTCH): Like with Zclassic, Bitcoin Hush is a proposed cross-coin fork-type-thing (an “immaculate merge fork” according to the devs). To quoth the BTCH GitHub: “For each 1 HUSH, you will get 1 BTCH. For each 1 SUPERNET, you will get 1 BTCH. For each 1 DEX, you will get 1 BTCH.

For each 1 BTC, you will get 1 BTCH. BTCH takes the value from four different blockchains (HUSH, SUPERNET, DEX, BTC), and then dumps it onto a host chain Komodo (KMD).” The concept being that you can hold any or all of those coins, then you’ll configure the upcoming wallet to claim the coins. There is no block announced. The original date given was 12 pm NOON UTC on Jan 16th, 2018. However, it was moved to “a block height closest to (but not later than) 12 pm NOON UTC on Feb 1st, 2018.

• Bitcoin Atom (BCA): Bitcoin Atom is a SegWit enabled Bitcoin fork with atomic swaps, hybrid consensus, and lightning network. Block 505888..

• Quantum Bitcoin (QBTC). • Bitcoin LITE (BTCL): TBA.. TIP: See for the current block height (AKA block number) to get an idea when a given fork will occur. NOTE: For more on upcoming Bitcoin forks in 2018 see 99bitcoin’s. They did a great job creating a list of forks; it’s worth checking out.

They list the same forks, obviously, as there is only one set of forks, but they have different insights. To summarize and connect some dots, Super Bitcoin and BitcoinX are Ethereum competitors of sorts; they use smart contracts like the. Bitcoin Platinum and Bitcoin Cash Plus are both essentially Bitcoin Cash competitors since they are competitors for Bitcoin as a currency. Lightening Bitcoin is a mix of Super Bitcoin or BitcoinX and Bitcoin Platinum or Bitcoin Cash Plus since they are meant to be competitive as a currency and use smart contracts. Bitcoin Interest is a proof of stake Bitcoin, a seldom-used alternative to proof of work that pays interest to holders. Bitcoin Silver and Bitcoin Uranium are both Bitcoin Gold competitors, competitors for Bitcoin as a value store that is profitable to mine. Bitcoin private is a privacy version of Bitcoin Gold.

Lastly, Bitcoin God is a mix of all these meant to reward people for holding Bitcoin. That line of logic then extends to the other forks.

This may be confusing, but if you think of these as being like user activated dividends, it starts making a little bit more sense. To ensure you get your coins from the above Bitcoin forks for the Bitcoin you are holding, make sure to be in a Bitcoin wallet that supports the forks ( has been good about this). You can also use an exchange like with a good record of supporting forks. Binance has supported Bitcoin Cash, Gold, Segwit2x, Diamond, and Super Bitcoin and has offered futures on or around the snapshot date for each as far as I recall; meanwhile, as a user pointed out, has been good about supporting forks. Super Bitcoin futures were tradable on hitbtc immediately after the fork for example. Otherwise, you need to be in control of your private keys when the forks occur (for example in a wallet like ). Unless you have futures on an exchange that lets you trade them, you’ll have to wait until the forked chain goes live to collect and trade your forked coins.

More than just the forks: Bitcoin United (United Bitcoin) is another potential Bitcoin product (of sorts). It isn’t clear if this project is a fork or is an attempt to create another coin. It seems to have two associated URLs / and (this, however, is not the same as ). It is unclear which if any is “the official link.” The problem with this project is that it has been in the works for a while, and it hasn’t become any clearer if it is legit or not. See an article from July: Not much has changed since July. NOTE: “Being in Bitcoin for a given fork” is sensible. You should not, however, try to claim or buy any of the above coins without confirmation from some major wallets or exchanges that the coin is live and stable.

There is very likely to be people out there creating fake wallets, directions, buying opportunities, etc. Learn more about. PAST BITCOIN HARD FORKS: Past hard forks that occurred in or were planned for 2017 include: Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin Gold, Bitcoin Segwit2x (was canceled but futures were traded), and Bitcoin Diamond (futures traded, but blockchain is not live yet). Past hard forks from previous years include Bitcoin XT, Bitcoin Classic, and Bitcoin Unlimited. Yes, that really is a full list of every hard fork before late 2017. Meanwhile, BitcoinRed, BitcoinDark, BitcoinZ, and Bitcoin Scrypt were all past attempts to create alternatives to Bitcoin but were not created as forks. NOTE: If you didn’t catch it, most of those forks have rather absurd taglines like “make Bitcoin great again.” Bitcoin Gold had such a tagline and ended up being real.

Meanwhile, the Segwit2x fork was a serious project but was canceled. Thus, be skeptical, but be prepared in case some of these do end up being actual forks. Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin Gold, and Bitcoin Diamond forks all occurred. Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin Gold ended up being real. Meanwhile, it appears Bitcoin Diamond, BitcoinX, and SuperBitcoin are all real as well. People dismissed Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin Gold before they occurred. It is easy to be dismissive, but its far safer assume the forks are real.

Thus, you need to be careful sending Bitcoins after they occur and also to make sure you are in Bitcoin before the fork. Will do, good thinking. In general, step one is simply having your bitcoin in a full node wallet like the Bitcoin Core wallet for “the snapshot date.”. If you do this step, then you own the new coin (you can wait to claim it, it won’t go anywhere, owning it means you own the private keys to the transaction on the blockchain if it was true for Bitcoin, it is now true for the new coin). Step two is configuring the official wallet (or a supported wallet) of the new coin.

The official site of said will generally clue you into how to do this. The new chain has to go live before you can do anything. Generally you’ll want to wait until someone else has tried it, Medium and Hacker Noon are two examples of sites who tend to post how-tos shortly after a new coin goes live. Otherwise you need to deal with the specific directions of a wallet (for example Trezor). Meanwhile, if you have your Bitcoin on an exchange, and that exchange embraces the fork, they handle everything for you. For these reasons Binance is a decent choice, as they not only handle it for you they will generally give you access to futures on day 1 or before (Meaning: risks of keeping your Bitcoin on an exchange aside, Binance has historically been a good choice). Honestly, every traders spends a good bit of the day with “their coins on an exchange.” While it is true that every once in a while we hear a horror story, moving a portion of your bitcoin to binance in hopes that they release futures of the upcoming forks is a fairly rational move.

There are risks in using an exchange for long term storage in theory, and of course there is potential for problems even in the short term (if say the exchange decides to claim they were hacked or run off with everyone’s crypto). However, moves like that end exchanges for good. Thus, it is unlikely. So, for the 24 hours or so surrounding the fork that one would move to binance, I think its a good risk/reward ratio. Keeping the majority of your funds in a Bitcoin Core wallet and a smaller portion on binance (or another exchange who announces they will support the fork) is a good strategy for the upcoming forks as long as you understand that moving funds to an exchange inherently carries with it some risk. Every fork is different.

You need to check the FAQ of third party wallets and exchanges. Full node wallets like Bitcoin Core (or generally wallets where you directly control your private keys) will qualify you for all forks by default. So Bitcoin Core, doesn’t matter if they accept it or not, it is automagic (but you have to configure the new wallet of the new coin), third party like Trezor is generally cool about this, but you need to check their FAQ. Annoyingly, wallets and exchange tend to release, at best, announcements only days before the fork if at all. So “check the FAQ/Blog” can sometimes be a pointless effort.

Coinbase is an awesome and pro company they however are amazingly slow embracing forks. The Bitcoin Cash fork happened in August, they will be releasing user’s Bitcoin Cash January 1st. One can assume, and they have eluded this is true, that they will do this for each stable fork that comes out.

So on one hand, yes they would be expected to credit you with any stable forked coin. However, you’ll be waiting Months (with a capital M). Now consider though, anyone who got their forked Bitcoin Cash in August probably sold it for $300 thinking they were clever. Meanwhile, by the time Coinbase gets around to it, it could be $2k. Coinbase in this sense could be seen as doing you an indirect favor. I use coinbase despite all the annoyances because I like using an insured US based company (crypto is risky enough; they have their flaws, but I like the assurance). That said, I don’t keep my crypto all in one place, and think core wallet, trezor, and temporarily on an exchange like Bittrex or Binance are all valid moves.

Each move has risks and rewards. If you don’t understand the risks and rewards, do more research. There is always risk. So for that reason I can’t fully recommend any option (as on the off chance that it goes poorly, I don’t want to be the guy who said “do this one” that adds yet another risk for me, and no one needs more risk here 😀 ).

In the current climate of Bitcoin madness any fork is likely to generate even more excitement! At what point will the establishment attempt to put a stop to butcoin’s meterotric rise? I reckon somewhere between 60-100k it will be like trying to kill the hydra.

People want a new economic structure, post capitalist with an equity stake. This generation is a whole lot more clued up, less compliant and willing to challenge the hegemony than the last. Ironically it is they who own the wealth tied up in property and pensions. Perhaps not for much longer. Let’s assume this is a legit fork.

If, then: Super Bitcoin snapshot has been taken by the Super Bitcoin team. The team will now prepare the launch of the new chain.

One it is live you can claim the coins (by configuring a third party wallet, waiting for it to be credited on an exchange, downloading the proper wallet if you have your private keys, etc). In the meantime, if you had your coins on binance, you now have Super Bitcoin futures.

Don’t go rushing around trying to follow internet directions until there is clear confirmation the chain is live and stable (likely an event that is weeks out at this point). You just have to follow the directions on their sites when the chain is live (essentially). Since the chains aren’t live yet (I have to double check that, but last I checked this was the case) it is currently a moot point. That covered, the short answer is that you need a wallet that can store the given forked coin, the coin need to be live, then you need to create a backup of your Bitcoin keys and import your Bitcoin keys into the new wallet. There is more than one way this can work, see this article which explains it well enough with Bitcoin Gold: TIP: If you try to follow wonky online directions before the chain is live, you could end up losing your Bitcoin. You have to be very wary of fake wallets.

I would use the official wallet on the site, or a wallet like Coinomi. That means you have to wait. Waiting is smart with these things. Often the value of the forked coin goes up, but the main reason to wait is to let a few others brave the process first. Then when you know for sure its safe, at that point you can do the process yourself.

That is interesting. So if you hold Zclassic then the devs will [essentially] give you equal parts Bitcoin Private for the Zclassic you have? I certainly have to research that one, but you are correct in saying that Zclassic trades on Bittrex.

It is a thing: //coinmarketcap.com/currencies/zclassic/#markets UPDATE: I see that Zclassic has had some insane growth since this comment was posted. I’m not sure I ever want to suggest on this site that someone buys into a coin that is seeing such a giant increase in such a short time. Anyone considering trying to get in Zclassic for the fork should make sure to do their own research and use sensible techniques like averaging in and setting stops. Sometimes coins go 150% only to go 150% more, but other times the hype of the day drives everyone into buy mode and then we see a dump. Don’t like seeing the average investor get dumped on, stops are going to help protect against that.

Here one must note, this fork isn’t going to occur for weeks. So getting in now, in this pump and hype phase, could end up not being the best move (even though I certainly get the draw and the announcement seems legit). Do your own research and don’t panic buy or sell 😉 See this article: and see the official Twitter:. It is good that you are keeping this a constantly updated reference. So, to add to your notes: Bitcoin God has a site – – and they will be forking at block 501225, which should be coming along in about 12 hours. If the site is accurate, it has widespread support from exchanges.

Notably, Poloniex is even listed among the supporting exchanges, and Poloniex has been arguably about the worst of the major exchanges in supporting forks. They still have not distributed the Bitcoin Gold and it has been weeks since HitBTC, Binance and Bittrex distributed theirs. So, I am not holding my breath for them to honor their BTC holders. Those are both functioning exchanges from what I understand, just remember folks, DYOR (Do your own research). I can’t vet every exchange in the world.

It is more important to protect your capital than it is to chase forks. Putting all your BTC on an exchange is a risk, so if don’t do anything like that on impulse. Do it after research and do it carefully and methodically.

Generally when I try something like this I’m starting with a very small portion of my BTC, and only after a solid day or two of research.