There are two cardinal rules bitcoin holders should follow to prepare for the bitcoin hard fork. These rules will help users protect their bitcoin and gain access to bitcoin cash after the fork resolves.

Bitcoin.com has had a lot of people inquire about how to protect their bitcoin and gain access to bitcoin cash with the popular wallets Breadwallet and Blockchain.info specifically, which will be addressed at the end of this article.

The hard fork is happening Monday. Bitcoin cash is being created by the fork. It is a new and different token (coin) than "bitcoin legacy" (the current Bitcoin network).