After reading the comments from start till end, I am lost  .  In fact, many of us are in the same situation. I think it will take some time to get clear answers for the doubts that the participants showed in their comments about how BCC will work and why some people got free BCC in their wallets prior to forking.

Yes! you will be able to do so. However, there are few considerations. It would be better if you can take a look at the content here https://electrum.org/bcc.txt
Should not take more than 10 minutes.

I agree with it.

I agree with 'squatz1'. The coming hard Fork is a very serious matter and if there is no word from him, it means there is no more Nakamoto or has accepted what is going to happen in future with BTC or may be he has firm belief that nothing will happen to BTC and all the hard forks would not work and people would eventually stick on to BTC only. Who knows !!!

It looks like BCH
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2040221.760

Is it confirmed it is not BCH? It looks like BCC since majority of BCC domains are already booked. But one can find good bch domains.

Baitcoin is perfect  Should not be a bait though.

This BBC has created a divide among the people who supported the cryptocurrency for a very long time. I hope average traders will not suffer much with the change.

This is the very informative forum for the traders. You get instant answers to your queries. If any country is banning this forum, it is not fair.

Ok, thank you for the expert opinions and the insight. 

How many chances of Forking? Any rough idea if we want to know the %? Thanks.

probably you are talking about "SegWit2x"  . Let's wait and see if two versions can come out.

This is one of the BTC features that everybody likes i-e prompt payment and acceptance. Sooner or later it can become one of the "must have" payment options on all retail services. It is already getting worldwide acceptance.

I like the suggestion of 'mindrust', especially using Linux for the purpose.  Other OS are always suspecious, especially when you are using pirated copy .  A simple test is to type netstat in cmd and see how many IP addresses are communicating with your PC without your will. These activities are suspecious and who knows one of the listener is a scanner looking for sensitive informtion about the Bitcoin wallets on your PC.

It can bring ease to the life of those who know how to handle it. Poverty is not directly proportional to any currency (real or virtual). It is linked with other economic factors including policies, infrastructure, technology, and above all the education.

Vanity addresses can be risky in a sense that the generator can trick you to share your private key. Just to feel how it can harm you, you can go through this example thread.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/21foj9/funds_currently_being_stolen_from_vanity/

No need to panic at all    If we don't panic while making money, we should not panic in volatile conditions. Its part of the game and we should embrace it.

You can find some useful and connected information at this link too.
www[.]rsk.co/blog/sidechains-drivechains-and-rsk-2-way-peg-design

You can look into icoo.io, Taas, Tokenmarket, and SmithandCrown. Icoo also provides DAO distribution information.

If you are talking about WannaCry ransomware, then it I don't think the ransomware is the reason of increase and drop. As other people have mentioned, the ransomware did not succeed much to collect Bitcoin payments. The kill switch in ransomware stopped the attack to stop the destruction. Otherwise, it could have gone more severe and then Bitcoin prices could have come into play.