Thought a summary of key information on the major exchanges that trade BCH ahead of the upcoming fork on 15 Nov (at 4.40pm UTC) would be helpful for everyone as they try to navigate ahead of the contentious fork.

Summary (at time of writing 12 Nov 2018):

To be eligible for the exchange’s handling of the fork, you would need to have your BCH at the exchange at the snapshot of BCH balances at UNIX time 1542300000 (16:40 UTC) on the relevant exchange but deposit/withdrawals suspensions are generally earlier so please take note.

Official Announcements:

Click the announcement link to read the detail

Closing Thoughts:

Lastly just thought I’d also share my thoughts on the possible outcomes:

#1 — Only one implementation survives

Holders of BCH will receive both BCH ABC and BCH SV but as it becomes clear only one implementation survives, the value of the dying chain would fall towards zero and the price of the surviving chain would become the new BCH standard.

Deposit/withdrawals from exchanges would unlikely be affected if it is BCH ABC that survives (since most exchanges have implemented this) whereas if BCH SV wins then some exchanges would have to play catch up in terms of offering deposit/withdrawal service.

#2 — Chain split — both implementation survives

Everyone that held BCH at the hard fork snapshot time of 16:40 UTC will be eligible to receive both BCH ABC and BCH SV. Most exchanges would then look to implement ways to either list BCH SV or airdrop the BCH SV back to the original BCH owners.

Deposit/withdrawals from exchanges would unlikely be affected if it is BCH ABC (since most exchanges have implemented this) but BCH SV withdrawals may take some time for exchanges to implement.