Electrum also has Android version

Mycellium and Ledger are fine.


There is no universal decision. Bitcoin is about individual sovereignty, not democracy or dictatorship or whatever. Nobody can decide for you unless you give up your freedom/control by using a bank, etc.

If a split happens at all (which is uncertain), probably it won't be anywhere near a 50-50 split economically. One side will be a tiny minority both economically and in mining power, and this will be apparent only hours after Aug 1. For example, if I can find hardly any sites that accept one side of the split, and the market value of that side's coins is very low, and too few blocks are being produced to realistically transact on that side, then that one is almost certainly not going to survive in any economically-relevant way, and I'll probably call the "all clear" in 12-24 hours.

In the (IMO very unlikely) event that it's a closer split than that, then we'll need to give instructions for choosing a side (or using both) and splitting your coins, as both sides will have value and will probably exist independently for while, possibly indefinitely. Depending on how things look, I might immediately call one side the true Bitcoin for purposes of categorization on bitcointalk.org, or I might leave it undefined for some days to see how things develop further. Though the other side can continue to exist even if categorized by me as an altcoin, of course.

Thanks for the information

Hope i get this right

Segwit = Bip141, needed to activate with 95% miners block

UASF = A way to apply Segwit into update but doest depends on the miners

Is both Segwit the same? just the method of activating is different?

As mentioned, UASF does not activate through miners

The reason why UASF is applied because BIP 141 require 95% miners consent which will take very long while BIP 148 could activated by november?

Or it is already decided that we will go with UASF currently

Thanks and regards

You may want to take this action like 24-48 hours before the event so you are sure that you won't have any stuck transactions without confirmation or sell orders etc. You should be fine leaving your altcoins there but as a general rule, Its never recommended to leave your coins at exchanges for a long period of time as they could get hacked but from the chain split perspective, nothing to be worried about.

i have a question when the bip148 the people will start supporting and where we will be able to see how much support is moving towards segwit and how much to legacy bitcoin ?

I just read this article: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-beginners-guide-surviving-bip-148-uasf/

A quote: "First off, be aware that a chain-split create a high-risk situation. There is a chance that some sort of cyber-battle will break out between the two camps, perhaps even escalating to the point where bitcoin’s exchange rate(s) drops sharply, possibly to zero. Make absolutely sure you are not holding more value in bitcoin than what you are willing to lose."

So, in this article Aaron van Wirdum seems to suggest that it is possible to 'loose' all your Bitcoins post-split. Is this to be interpreted as it's possible to 'loose' BTC due a price drop to zero or due some technical mishap as a result of a possible fork? Surely, even in the worst case scenario, if you keep your private keys and don't transaction around that time your Bitcoins will be safe?

Yes,
As long as you have private key 🗝
It would be safe in any supported wallet

Thank you for the very helpful guide!

Private key.. ?  I understand it's a wallet password?

Probably not. MultiBit HD does not allow you to choose which nodes you are connected to so you won't be able to choose which chain you want to use and transact on. It does not provide the (slightly) advanced functionality required to split your coins either.