I hold some in bitpanda.com and some in blockchain.info
During this whole fork situation - where should I keep my bitcoins? Should I download the bitcoin core wallet to my computer and move the coins there?
Should I just leave them in their online wallets?
If I move them to a local computer wallet, what do I need to do when bitcoin forks? Do I need to do something to get the same amount of coins in the new chain? (Download a core wallet for the new one so I have bitcoins in both the original and the forked?) (if so how??)
Thankyou all - I don't really care about which chain is the successor etc I just care about being on THE chain and not being left with coins in the wrong place
Thoughts appreciated
Thankyou
I think you should not keep Bitcoin in the online web wallet because you may be at risk. After the fork, Bitcoin will probably split into two blockchain strings and they most likely will only support one of them. You should download a desktop wallet, transfer your Bitcoin into it, back up your wallet data, keep the private key, public key in a safe place and only you know. If you have more Bitcoins, you should store them in a hard wallet like Trezor or Ledger USB, it's safer