diff --git a/_data/glossary/en/soft-fork.yaml b/_data/glossary/en/soft-fork.yaml index 65c6ab82..afc5dace 100644 --- a/_data/glossary/en/soft-fork.yaml +++ b/_data/glossary/en/soft-fork.yaml @@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ required: title_max_40_characters_no_formatting: Soft Fork, Soft-Forking Change summary_max_255_characters_no_formatting: > - A temporary fork in the block chain which commonly occurs when - miners using non-upgraded nodes violate a new consensus rule - their nodes don't know about. + A softfork is a change to the bitcoin 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