I've been reading about the imminent hard fork between BTC and the new Segwit2X (B2X). My question is, if I have 1BTC in my wallet before the hard fork, then after the hard fork I will have 1BTC + 1B2X. However, using a wallet such as Exodus (software) or Ledger (hardware), how would I access the forked coins? Do I have to wait until the developers release updates that recognize the new forked coins?
Am I looking at this wrong? I've heard that the safest way to ensure you retain your funds during a fork is keep control of your own private keys (which I do). But, has anyone experienced a prior hard fork, and how do you "access" the new forked coins using their private keys?
Thanks guy
Please if you are feeling really difficult to claim the b2x through the wallet that will have supported the fork and you just send your bitcoin into the exchange site that will be supported the bitcoinfork and you will be able to get your b2x instantly and the best thing to keep your b2x in the exchange site and you are able to sell them all at the high price. Because the netwoek will not alive after the fork will have done. and that will take the more time.