Hello all,

I am owning some bitcoins and other alt coins since a while and I have been reading a lot over here in stealth modus, really helpful.

Now there is a fork coming up and I am confused;
As far as I can see a fork is like a share split of a company.  Like Pfizer dId with zoetis in the US.  The owners of shares in Pfizer also get shares in zoetis for free, right?

Now let's say I have my bitcoin stored at coinbase.  Do I automatically get the fork shares? Does coinbase support it? Or do I have to put them in a different wallet?
Do I have to claim them?

That is unclear to me. Maybe somebody can help me and probably some others out on this subject?