The Bitcoin Hard Fork: What to Expect Aug. 1 and Beyond

The Aug. 1 Bitcoin hard fork is sowing much confusion among users of the digital currency. The hard fork means that two distinct versions of Bitcoin will exist side by side. One of the side effects of this Bitcoin hard fork is that people who own any Bitcoin before the split will receive that exact amount in the newly created "Bitcoin Cash" tokens after the split. Here's how all of this will work - and what to do now if you own any bitcoins... Tags: bitcoin price To get full access to all Money Morning content, click here About Money Morning: Money Morning gives you access to a team of ten market experts with more than 250 years of combined investing experience – for free . Our experts – who have appeared on FOXBusiness, CNBC, NPR, and BloombergTV – deliver daily investing tips and stock picks, provide analysis with actions to take, and answer your biggest market questions. Our goal is to help our millions of e-newsletter subscribers and Moneymorning.com visitors become smarter, more confident investors. Disclaimer: © 2017 Money Morning and Money Map Press. All Rights Reserved. Protected by copyright of the United States and international treaties. Any reproduction, copying, or redistribution (electronic or otherwise, including the world wide web), of content from this webpage, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of Money Morning. 16 W. Madison St. Baltimore, MD, 21201. The post The Bitcoin Hard Fork: What to Expect Aug. 1 and Beyond appeared first on Money Morning - We Make Investing Profitable .