Is this 100% confirmed, I have read so many conflicting reports on whether or not there is still going to be a fork. I was hoping that there was not going to be a fork.
I guess if we have to have a fork, then 2 forms of bitcoin I guess could be ok, but any more than that would make the entry point so much more confusing for the common investor.
People already have a hard enough time grasping what bitcoin is and how it works. To add another layer and have 3-4 different bitcoins would be no bueno for bitcoin.
The fork is going to happen, people were worried about a fork due to the incompatibility of the proposals but BIP 91 fixed that, now the issue is that this is a deliberately action by some miners and an exchange to fork bitcoin so there is nothing to do, since anyone can create their own fork at any time.