Stimulated by the scam 'hard-fork', namely Ethereum Classic Vision project, I would like to give all newbies, new comers in the crypto world, or even old-ones who still not have enough experience, and knowledge to differentiate between the two terms:
1) Upgrade
2) Hardfork.
To start with, let's search and see what are upgrade and hard-fork in dictionaries or wikiepedia.
Fork's definition from Merriam-Webster dictionaryhttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forka division into branches or the place where something divides into branches
Hardfork1)
What is hard fork terms you should know (cointelegraph)Blockchain protocol: the code convention which defines the connection, mining and transaction rules. To be a part of the network, you must comply with the protocol.
Fork: the moment you have a protocol version which is different from the main one.
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After a hard fork, the previous version and the new one are completely split, there is no communication or transaction option between the two. Usually, the new version inherits all the historic transactions and, from now on, each version will have its own transaction history.
As the article presents, there are three main purposes of forks:
1. To fix important security risks found in older versions
2. To add new functionality
3. To reverse transactions.
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Another definition from investopedia.comhttps://www.investopedia.com/terms/h/hard-fork.aspA hard fork can be implemented to correct important security risks found in older versions of the software, to add new functionality, or to reverse transactions (as in the case with the hard fork to reverse the hack on the DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) in the Ethereum blockchain).
I also explained reasons why we, from now on, should use the terms upgrade and hard-fork in relevant contexts.
It's time to completely stop over-using them overlapped.
You should call it as an upgrade, not hard fork.
There is no debate that Ethereum should hard fork or not in the Ethereum core team of developers.
So, it's totally consensus upgrade from ETH team.
Moreover, there is no serious debate and un-consensus that usually lead to 'real' hard-fork.
For the coming upgrade of Ethereum network, the old chain will be abandoned by Ethereum team after the upgrade.
Then, everyone who have interest can use those open-sourced code of the old chain to keep developing more things from it.
It's very simple and easy to understand.
If there are 100 teams of developers use the old-chain open-sourced codes, and use them to create their own coins.
Will you call all those 100 new coins as hard-forked coins from Ethereum network?
Honestly, I strongly believe that you won't call them as hard-forked coins.
Can you confirm that you agree with me at this point, please.
In a nutshell, this coming one will be an upgrade on Ethereum network.
That's all!
By now, there are two classic hard-forks in crypto world, Bitcoin Cash from Bitcoin last year, and Ethereum Classic from Ethereum after the DAO hack years ago.
RIGHT use-cases[1]
Ethererum's official announcement on Twitter channel[SECURITY ALERT] #Constantinople upgrade is temporarily postponed out of caution following a consensus decision by #Ethereum developers, security professionals and other community members. More information and instructions are below.
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Ethereum (ETH) lethargic ahead of Constantinople upgradeContents:
In this upcoming case, the Ethereum upgrade has been widely embraced by the community and until now there have been no major players protesting Constantinople (the name of the upgrade).
WRONG use-casesThere are so many wrong usecases of the term hard fork.
Sometimes, inside the same articles, hard-fork and upgrade terms used overlapped without clarifications.
It's weird and at somewhat extents, very very terrible over-misusing.
[1]
https://www.ccn.com/ethereum-postponed-its-hard-fork-but-some-miners-didnt-listen/Tittle: Ethereum Postponed its Hard Fork, But Some Miners Didn’t Listen
On January 15, Ethereum’s developers put out a security alert that they were postponing the scheduled Constantinople upgrade.
Coindesk.com[3]
Ethererum Clients release new software in wake of hard fork delayContents:
The upgrade was postponed Tuesday during a developers call
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Ethereum's Constantinople upgrade faces delay due to security vulnerabilityContents:
Ethereum’s long-anticipated Constantinople upgrade
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The 'Thirdening' approach: How to watch Etherum's fork as it happensContents:
Named Constantinople, the system-wide upgrade, or hard fork
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What to expect when Ethereum's Constantinople hardfork happensContents:
Expected to activate next Wednesday, Jan. 16, Constantinople is a type of upgrade known as a hard fork
Constantinople introduces five new upgrades to the network.
Scam hard-fork, namely Ethereum Classic Vision (ETCV) from ETH-
ETCV's ANN topicThere are so many warning and judgements that the ETCV is a scam one.
Its main purposes are stealing private keys of ETH's holders in order to steal as many ETH as possible from them.
Metamask has already raised red flag on the ETCV.
For the case like this, using old open-sourced codes of old chain in order to create a new coin, I would prefer to use a new term
'clone fork', not a 'hard-fork'. Do you agree with me at this term?
Ups web wallet nya kena razia oleh metamask, dianggap phising
https://etherscamdb.info/domain/etcvwallet.comSkenario paling aman sih,
Bikin ETH address Baru --- Pindahin ETH ke address Baru --- Tunggu Snapshot --- Balikin ETH ke address lama setelah snapshot beres.
Mau ETVC legit atau scam , balance ETH tetap aman.
Below are other findings from community:
1) On etherscan.io
2) Proof of plagiarism:
the op, 666#666, is also plagiarizing content really i don't see any point in defending or leaving any doubt about him or this project, since estensive proofs have been provided
Plagiarism
http://archive.is/y8Qya Original
http://archive.is/jEO6D Differentiate these terms well will help you avoiding invest into fake hard-forks, and considerable losses.
Enjoy it, everyone!