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    title_max_40_characters_no_formatting: Soft Fork, Soft-Forking Change

    summary_max_255_characters_no_formatting: >
        A softfork is a change to the dash protocol
        wherein only previously valid blocks/transactions
        are made invalid. Since old nodes will recognise
        the new blocks as valid, a softfork is backward-compatible.

    synonyms_shown_in_glossary_capitalize_first_letter:
        - Soft fork

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    synonyms_and_pluralizations_not_shown_in_glossary:
        - soft forks
        - soft-forking change
        - soft-forking

    not_to_be_confused_with_capitalize_first_letter:
        - Fork (a regular fork where all nodes follow the same consensus rules, so the fork is resolved once one chain has more proof of work than another)
        - Hard fork (a permanent divergence in the block chain caused by non-upgraded nodes not following new consensus rules)
        - 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:
        - "[Soft fork](/en/developer-guide#term-soft-fork) --- Developer Guide"
        - "[Soft fork](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Softfork) --- Bitcoin Wiki"
        - "[What is a soft fork?](http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/30817) --- Bitcoin StackExchange"

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