You may have heard that there is an event coming up around August 1st that could affect the way Bitcoins are traded and held. The details are all quite technical, but here is an excerpt from a very good article written March 2017 by Paul Puey, CEO and co-founder of the wallet company, Airbitz: As many have heard, the Bitcoin community is engaged a major debate which could cause the bitcoin network to split into two currencies. As a decentralized currency, Bitcoin achieves consensus by hundreds of computers agreeing on a set of transaction rules. These computers confirm transactions on […]