Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hard fork

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.02 in modern English

Syllables: hard -fork
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rule change of a blockchain such that the software validating according to the old rules will see the blocks produced according to the new rules as invalid; the new blockchain resulting from such a split.

Example Sentences

"Bitcoin Cash is a hard fork of Bitcoin."
"Some are pushing for a “hard fork” of Ethereum, which would undo the damage by effectively asking 51% of the currency’s users to agree to pretend that it had never happened in the first place."
"As it pertains to blockchain technology, a hard fork is an upgrade to mining software that makes a change to the network that requires the participation of all miners."

Inflected Forms

hard forks (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

soft fork

Questions

What does hard fork mean?: A rule change of a blockchain such that the software validating according to the old rules will see the blocks produced according to the new rules as invalid; the new blockchain resulting from such a split.

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