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    title_max_40_characters_no_formatting: Fork, Accidental Fork

    summary_max_255_characters_no_formatting: >
        When two or more blocks have the same block height, forking the
        block chain.  Typically occurs when two or more miners find
        blocks at nearly the same time.  Can also happen as part of an
        attack.

    synonyms_shown_in_glossary_capitalize_first_letter:
        - Fork

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    synonyms_and_pluralizations_not_shown_in_glossary:
        - Forks
        - accidental forks

    not_to_be_confused_with_capitalize_first_letter:
        - Hard fork (a change in consensus rules that breaks security for nodes that don't upgrade)
        - Soft fork (a change in consensus rules that weakens security for nodes that don't upgrade)
        - Software fork (when one or more developers permanently develops a codebase separately from other developers)
        - Git fork (when one or more developers temporarily develops a codebase separately from other developers)

    links_html_or_markdown_style_capitalize_first_letter:
        - "[Fork](/en/developer-guide#term-fork) --- Bitcoin.org Developer Guide"
        - "[What is the longest block chain fork that has been made stale so far?](http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/3343) --- Bitcoin StackExchange"

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