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soft forks

soft forks is the plural of soft fork.

Meaning of soft fork

Noun

soft fork (plural soft forks)

  1. A rule change of a blockchain that does not require an upgrade of the whole network.
    • As it pertains to blockchain technology, a soft fork is an upgrade to mining software that makes a change to the network but does not require that all miners participate.2020, Lorne Lantz, Daniel Cawrey, Mastering Blockchain, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 61

Questions about soft forks

What is soft forks the plural of?
Soft forks is the plural of soft fork.

Words near soft forks in the dictionary

  1. soft flimsy
  2. soft float
  3. soft floats
  4. soft focus
  5. soft fork
  6. soft forks
  7. soft fox sedge
  8. soft fruit
  9. soft fruits
  10. soft funding
  11. soft g

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