Quote from: kenikat on October 17, 2017, 02:58:09 AM

hi

quick question, with the upcoming fork, will i still get bitcoin gold if my btc is sitting on an exchange, or does it need to be in a downloaded wallet? i am seeing conflicting answers, i have been told by a friend they received their bitcoin cash to their bittrex.

many thanks

I suggest you to withdraw the bitcoin that you have in exchange to your wallet prior to the fork. There are many exchanges and they will often say they will support bitcoin gold in future and so you might feel safe to keep your money there. However to be safe if you dont want your free bitcoin gold wasted then its better to withdraw it all to your wallet. After all every exchange tries to make money from its users mistakes and you dont want to fall prey of that.