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hard fork

hard fork noun: a rule change of a blockchain such that the software validating according to the old rules will see the blocks produced according to the new rules as invalid; the new blockchain resulting from such a split.

Noun

hard fork (plural hard forks)

  1. A rule change of a blockchain such that the software validating according to the old rules will see the blocks produced according to the new rules as invalid; the new blockchain resulting from such a split.
    • Bitcoin Cash is a hard fork of Bitcoin.
    • Some are pushing for a “hard fork” of Ethereum, which would undo the damage by effectively asking 51% of the currency’s users to agree to pretend that it had never happened in the first place.2017 November 8, Alex Hern, “'$300m in cryptocurrency' accidentally lost forever due to bug”, in The Guardian

Forms of hard fork

pluralhard forks

Questions about hard fork

What does hard fork mean?
Hard fork means a rule change of a blockchain such that the software validating according to the old rules will see the blocks produced according to the new rules as invalid; the new blockchain resulting from such a split.
What part of speech is hard fork?
Hard fork is a noun.
What is the plural of hard fork?
The plural of hard fork is hard forks.

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