BCash is nothing compared to the next coup attempt waiting us in November.
IMO that attempt is way more legitimate than BCH hardfork. Remember segwit2x got support from most (90%+) miners.
Speaking of trusting an exchange, this one of the dumbest arguments I've seen in this thread to try to discredit Lightning Network. "LN = banks! Just go through an exchange!" Hello fools! Exchanges = banks for cryptos. All of the good/trustworthy exchanges follow KYC (Know Your Customer) laws to prevent money laundering and criminal usage. Exactly like.... you guessed it, banks! Exchanges aren't anonymous, LN can be. Yes, some of it will be used to send money to and from banks... and exchanges. But it is an open technology that will allow any 2 people to set up a payment chain, even across blockchains.
But, do exchanges have control of the BTC SOURCE CODE, and are they making changes to the BTC blockchain and validation rules in order to force people into their "bank" to do transactions? NO.
Exchanges come and go, but Blockstream remains on the scene, and their crippling of BTC is becoming so obvious now. Apparently now Blockstream says that Segwit shouldn't be used, and the Kore wallet GUI doesn't support Segwit?! This is getting ridiculous!