Below is the news from our BCT Administrator.There is some chance that BIP148 will result in an economic split of the Bitcoin currency at midnight UTC on Aug 1. If this split is non-negligible, then action may be required by all Bitcoin users. Personally, I consider it most likely that the split will be negligible and that you won't have to do anything, but it's still a good idea to prepare just in case.
A very short summary of what you need to do:
1. Ensure that you have no BTC deposited with a Bitcoin bank or other trusted third-party before Aug 1. If there's no technical way for you to export the private keys for your BTC, then that BTC is at risk. Some Bitcoin banks may assure you that they'll definitely keep your BTC safe, but I absolutely wouldn't trust them.
2. Do not send transactions or trust received transactions starting 12 hours before Aug 1 at midnight UTC, and continue this until you hear the "all clear" from several trustworthy sources. For example, I will post a forum news item if everything is OK, or if everything is not OK and action is required.
See my guide here for more a lot more detail:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/guide-handling-splits-uasfs-bip148-etc-2012799 OK walletsThe following wallets give you some theoretical way of exporting your private keys, so they should be safe to
hold BTC during Aug 1. Depending on what happens
after Aug 1, you may have to export your private keys and use different software, though. (Do not go doing this willy-nilly in a panic, though -- wait for agreement and clear instructions from several sources. There will be no rush.)
The ones in
bold are ones that I also tend to like for other reasons. The ones in
italic seem to make it difficult to export your private keys, or at least that's what i heard but i never tried.
MobileElectrumMycelium
Copay
Bitcoin Wallet for Android
breadwallet
Simple Bitcoin Wallet
BitherArcBitCoin.SpaceDesktopBitcoin CoreElectrumBitcoin Knots
mSIGNA
Armory
Bither
ArcBit
Copay
HardwareLedger
Trezor
Digital Bitbox
KeepKey
WebGreen Address*
Coin.Space* Note for Green Address: You
must either use a 2of3 account or have nLockTime transactions emailed to you in the settings. Otherwise you're trusting Green Address too much.
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