old chain coins become worthless if you don't update, so everyone just moves to the new chain or gets left holding dust. 🌱 Documenting our daily life amidst hardships on my pinned note. Sending warmth your way. https://i.postimg.cc/1zv9VTqN/altqaaat.png

There's always at least 6 months of warning and discussion before a fork date. But yeah, you need to know it's happening. You wouldnt be able to spend after the fork block height. The old chain dies pretty quickly as theres no incentive to keep mining it so you need to join the new chain in order t...

Trust the leader forks, don't ask questions

People update their node and wallet software and move on. No contentious chains splits. One almost happened in 2018 I understand but it died out.