Hard Fork vs. Soft Fork: How Blockchain Upgrades Work
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A soft fork lets older nodes accept upgraded blocks without validating every new rule, while a hard fork requires nodes to run updated software to stay on the changed network—yet a hard fork does not automatically produce a second token. The distinction matters because it determines whether an upgrade can proceed as a backward-compatible change or forces a chain split in which participants must choose which network to follow. What to watch next is how node operators and miners coordinate on upgrade adoption, since their choice of software version decides which chain retains the network's activity and value.
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