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Blockchain Glossary for beginners- Hard Fork Vs Soft Fork

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 Norma…

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

  1. Hard Fork 
  2.  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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