What Are Hard Forks and Soft Forks in Cryptocurrency?

May 13, 2026 - 16:00
What Are Hard Forks and Soft Forks in Cryptocurrency?
Key Takeaways Blockchain forks are upgrade mechanisms used to change a network’s rules, improve performance, fix issues, or add new features in decentralized systems.  Hard forks introduce incompatible changes that can split the blockchain into two separate chains if not everyone upgrades.  Soft forks are backward-compatible updates, meaning older nodes can still work, and the...

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