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Blockchain Glossary for beginners- Hard Fork Vs Soft Fork

Tuesday, June 7, 2022 9:10 AM UTC

Fork- It happens while implementing new features in the blockchain networks to fix issues and increase performance. There are two types of forks

Hard Fork
Soft fork

Hard fork	Soft fork
A complete change in protocol	Normal network upgrade (no change in code )
Rules become strict after an upgrade	It is considered less troublesome
Backward incompatible	Backward compatible
Unsafe	Safe
Old blocks are totally different from new blocks	Old nodes accept new blocks

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