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The bitcoin private fork date has been announced to be February 28, 2018. Owners of Zclassic and Bitcoin will receive bitcoin private at a 1:1 rate.
Bitcoin private is similar to bitcoin but will allow for private transactions to be made using Zk-snarks.
Date announcement made here