So if I hold Bitcoin on coinbase (and I do). What will happen with the fork? I get nothing?
Coinbase, the largest of the exchanges, and the most rapidly growing, issued their statement via Twitter.
Update on Bitcoin SegWit2x hard fork:
https://t.co/REQYVtTYva Coinbase (@coinbase) October 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/coinbase/status/916430726047817728/photo/1The statement provides guidance for consumers who are currently storing Bitcoin in Coinbase wallets. Unlike their activity during the previous Bitcoin Cash hard fork, Coinbase has committed to allowing trading on both exchanges, though not without some delay. The statement makes it clear that neither fork will be operational immediately after the fork, until Coinbase has determined that both chains are safe.
They have reaffirmed its intention to provide support for both Bitcoin blockchains following the SegWit2x hard fork in November, 2017. Significantly, the forked blockchain will be listed as Bitcoin2x under the B2X ticker symbol.
https://www.ccn.com/nail-in-the-coffin-coinbase-to-list-segwit2x-chain-as-bitcoin2x/