it seems like alot of you guys are not even reading what i'm posting and are just posting random information that is not directly answering my questions.

adding to the confusion, i contacted exodus. they told me ABC is BCH. it's the same thing. SV is the only new coin. ABC is the same protocol as BCH. they only make it BCH-ABC to distinguish from BCH-SV.

more confusion, different exchanges seem to be handling this according to their own judgement / desires. some are trading both ABC and SV. some haven't made any changes and are still trading BCH.