On August 1st the bip 148 UASF (user activated soft fork) will happen so be prepared and make the right decisions. The only way it doesn't happen from my understanding is if the miners signal for Segwit before August 1st, which I don't think will happen. This UASF is not a bad thing since we need to speed up confirmation and transaction times. With Bip 148 we get Segwit and lightning network in the future. This makes bitcoin better, faster and more efficient as a payment system. So what to do? Buy as many bitcoins as you can before August 1st because if your trading on an exchange after that date and think you're going to be picking up cheap coins on limit orders you could be getting the wrong bitcoins or the bitcoins that the exchange picks as BTC. This could be legacy bitcoins or bip 148 bitcoins. So far not many exchanges have signaled catering both. If the market choses bip 148 coins and not legacy coins or vice versa you could get a raw deal. Take the bitcoins off the exchanges and put them in a cold storage wallet where you control the private keys. Paper wallets can work as cold storage or you can buy a trezor or ledger wallet. There are many ways you can do this. There is no way to really know which way bitcoin will trade prior to and after August 1st. It could crash or it could double in price. If there is a split and you have your coins in a paper wallet then you will have 2 coins. Think of it like a stock split but with the potential market cap of both coins to be worth more than before the split. Since you have 2 coins you can trade the coin you don't want for the coin you do want in the future and potentially have more bitcoin. In my opinion the bitcoin that the market choses will be the one with Segwit and lightning network (bip 148).
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let's hope for the best