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Noun

soft fork (plural soft forks)

(cryptocurrencies) A rule change of a blockchain that does not require an upgrade of the whole network.
Coordinate term: hard fork
- 2020, Lorne Lantz, Daniel Cawrey, Mastering Blockchain, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 61:
  As it pertains to blockchain technology, a soft fork is an upgrade to mining software that makes a change to the network but does not require that all miners participate.

Further reading

fork (blockchain) § Soft fork on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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