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| - | a soft [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:fork|fork]] (or sometimes softfork) is a change to the software protocol where only previously valid blocks/transactions are made invalid. Since old nodes will recognize the new blocks as valid, a softfork is backward-compatible. This kind of fork requires only a majority of the miners upgrading to enforce the new rules, as opposed to a [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:h:hard_fork| hard fork]] which requires all nodes to upgrade and agree on the new version. | + | a **soft fork** (or sometimes softfork) is a change to the software [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:p:protocol|protocol]] where only previously valid blocks/transactions are made invalid. Since old nodes will recognize the new blocks as valid, a softfork is backward-compatible. This kind of fork requires only a majority of the miners upgrading to enforce the new rules, as opposed to a [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:h:hard_fork| hard fork]] which requires all nodes to upgrade and agree on the new version. |
| Source: [[ https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/soft-fork.asp | Soft Fork ]] | Source: [[ https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/soft-fork.asp | Soft Fork ]] | ||
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