News about Fork

by COINS NEWS - 8 months ago

What the Fork!? What Are They And Why do They Happen?

Hey everyone, for the intermediate and advanced crypto users, you'll likely already know enough about what forks are, and why they tend to happen, but since it's been a number of years since we had large fork drama, I figured there are a lot...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 8 months ago

Why are hardforks so much worse than softforks?

As I understand it, a softfork is a tightening of consensus rules, while a hardfork is a loosening of those rules. Now, if we do a softfork and 10% don't follow the softfork, haven't those 10% effectively done a hardfork relative to the other...

by COINS NEWS - 8 months ago

Why aren’t hard forks as common anymore?

In the early days of crypto, I was happily surprised when I received my first lump sum of “free money” in the form of BCH when Bitcoin did a hard fork. It seemed like several other projects also went through something similar when friends of mine ke...