Fork management What’s fork When we come into contact with blockchain, we certainly often hear about fork, sometimes soft fork, sometimes hard fork. So what do these concepts mean? How are forks generated? A blockchain system, whether it is Bitcoin, Ethereum or Ripple, is actually a software. In the beginning, all nodes run the same version of software, follow the same consensus protocol, and maintain the same blockchain. Then one day, the blockchain software has a new version. At this time, ...
