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    title_max_40_characters_no_formatting: Hard Fork, Hard-Forking Change

    summary_max_255_characters_no_formatting: >
        A permanent divergence in the block chain, commonly occurs
        when non-upgraded nodes can't validate blocks created by
        upgraded nodes that follow newer consensus rules.

    synonyms_shown_in_glossary_capitalize_first_letter:
        - Hard fork

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    synonyms_and_pluralizations_not_shown_in_glossary:
        - hard forks
        - hard-forking change
        - hard-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)
        - Soft fork (a temporary 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:
        - "[Hard fork](/en/developer-guide#term-hard-fork) --- Developer Guide"
        - "[Hard fork](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Hardfork) --- Bitcoin Wiki"
        - "[Has a hard fork ever occurred?](http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/36090) --- Bitcoin StackExchange"

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