Merge pull request #1436 from Mirobit/softforkdef

New softfork description
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Will Binns 2017-02-12 20:55:50 -06:00 committed by GitHub
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title_max_40_characters_no_formatting: Soft Fork, Soft-Forking Change title_max_40_characters_no_formatting: Soft Fork, Soft-Forking Change
summary_max_255_characters_no_formatting: > summary_max_255_characters_no_formatting: >
A temporary fork in the block chain which commonly occurs when A softfork is a change to the bitcoin protocol
miners using non-upgraded nodes violate a new consensus rule wherein only previously valid blocks/transactions
their nodes don't know about. 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: synonyms_shown_in_glossary_capitalize_first_letter:
- Soft fork - Soft fork