So, there are some caveats here. >>People who haven't traded since the fork haven't lost anything. If it's caught quickly and resolved, only some of the people

So, there are some caveats here. >>People who haven't traded since the fork haven't lost anything. If it's caught quickly and resolved, only some of the people who did trade since the fork lost something. T̶h̶e̶ ̶p̶e̶o̶p̶l̶e̶ ̶w̶h̶o̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶t̶r̶a̶d̶e̶d̶ ̶s̶i̶n̶c̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶k̶ ̶w̶o̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶l̶o̶s̶e̶ ̶a̶n̶y̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶_̶I̶F̶_̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶k̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶i̶r̶ ̶c̶o̶i̶n̶s̶ ̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶c̶h̶o̶s̶e̶n̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶l̶e̶g̶i̶t̶. Also, the people who keep coins in exchanges(against advise to do otherwise), if the exchange is operating on a losing fork... all costumers are kinda screwed. But you're right that if action is swift enough and some authorative-group of people can say "use this fork and ignore the other two", then minimal damage will be done. If this is not dealt with early enough.... ever second that goes by all kinds of transactions are taking place and if all major exchanges are not on the same fork, the exchanges running on a losing fork(and all its costumers) are in for some bad times. My guess is they'll probably have to pick the fork that has the most exchanges running on it. Or, if what I've read is correct and Auroracoin is premined... then those premined coins must be rescued. We'll see in the days to come what ends up happening... EDIT: To those who replied below me, you're right. If you haven't traded your coins are on all forks.