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    title_max_40_characters_no_formatting: Spork, Multi-Phased Fork

    summary_max_255_characters_no_formatting: >
        A spork is a mechanism unique to Dash used to safely deploy
        new features to the network through network-level variables
        to avoid the risk of unintended network forking during upgrades.

    synonyms_shown_in_glossary_capitalize_first_letter:
        - Spork
        - Multi-Phased fork

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    synonyms_and_pluralizations_not_shown_in_glossary:
        - sporks
        - multi-phased fork

    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:
        - "[Spork message](/en/developer-reference#spork) --- Developer Reference"
        - "[Multi-Phased Fork (Spork)](https://docs.dash.org/en/stable/introduction/features.html#sporks) --- Dash Documentation"
        - "[Understanding Sporks](https://docs.dash.org/en/latest/developers/index.html#sporks) --- Dash Documentation"

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