Svmuu News: Bitcoin is set to undergo two fork events in 2026. Developer Paul Sztorc plans to launch a planned hard fork called eCash, which is expected to activate around August 21 at block height 964,000. Another controversial soft fork proposal, BIP-110, carries the risk of an unexpected chain split during the August signal window. A Bitcoin chain split would replicate the UTXO set, granting holders a 1:1 asset allocation across both ledgers. Whether the forked coins remain usable depends on replay protection, mining difficulty, and market conditions. Self-custodial holders, who control their private keys at the time of the snapshot, can typically sign transactions on either chain; for custodial holdings, where the exchange controls the private keys at the time of the snapshot, whether users receive the forked coins depends on the exchange’s policy. (Bitcoin.com News).