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Quote from: Sirbenjamin on December 16, 2017, 11:52:39 AM

People often talk about the fork, but i don't know what that means. Any good links?

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1. an implement with two or more prongs used for lifting food to the mouth or holding it when cutting.

2. the point where something, especially a road or river, divides into two parts.
"turn right at the next fork"

This is the visual representation of a fork: https://i.imgur.com/SDmLWB2.jpg Grin

You know I am joking

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Quote from: Sirbenjamin on December 16, 2017, 11:52:39 AM

People often talk about the fork, but i don't know what that means. Any good links?

What kind of fork that you talking about? , there a hard fork and soft fork Cheesy

By the way I include a link for better explanation about that fork below Cheesy

Hard Fork : https://www.investopedia.com/terms/h/hard-fork.asp
Soft Fork : https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/soft-fork.asp

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Quote from: AdolfinWolf on December 16, 2017, 12:22:05 PM

Quote from: Sirbenjamin on December 16, 2017, 11:52:39 AM

People often talk about the fork, but i don't know what that means. Any good links?

https://blog.coinbase.com/what-is-a-bitcoin-fork-cba07fe73ef1?gi=5f8bfde94062
https://www.coindesk.com/short-guide-bitcoin-forks-explained/

A fork is basically a split of the network, mostly due to disagreements about for example the blocktimes, or sizes ( see bitcoin cash).

What happens is that at a certain moment ( snapshot), the bitcoin chain will split, and another blockchain will be born.

You also have forks that are done by accident, when 2 miners mine a block at the same time, the network will be split aswell, until the next block is mined. ( nodes will accept the longest chain.) The other block will either be orphaned, or rejected.

i also often read fork but i dont really understand what it is. I only know is when the system had a new one then it will split. Thanks for the information that had shared.

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They have a few episodes about forks and such and they throw in a spoon or two too (LOL).
http://badcryptopodcast.com/2017/11/10/segwit2x-bitcoin-fork/

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Quote from: Sirbenjamin on December 16, 2017, 11:52:39 AM

People often talk about the fork, but i don't know what that means. Any good links?

https://blog.coinbase.com/what-is-a-bitcoin-fork-cba07fe73ef1?gi=5f8bfde94062
https://www.coindesk.com/short-guide-bitcoin-forks-explained/

A fork is basically a split of the network, mostly due to disagreements about for example the blocktimes, or sizes ( see bitcoin cash).

What happens is that at a certain moment ( snapshot), the bitcoin chain will split, and another blockchain will be born.

You also have forks that are done by accident, when 2 miners mine a block at the same time, the network will be split aswell, until the next block is mined. ( nodes will accept the longest chain.) The other block will either be orphaned, or rejected.

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People often talk about the fork, but i don't know what that means. Any good links?

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