In blockchain, a fork is defined variously as: "What happens when a blockchain diverges into two potential paths forward", "A change in protocol", or...

new transaction blocks. Although blockchain records are not unalterable, since blockchain forks are possible, blockchains may be considered secure by design...

process Fork (blockchain), a split of the blockchain into two chains or a protocol change The Fork, an on-line restaurant booking system Fork (chess)...

decentralized, proof-of-stake blockchain with smart contract functionality. The cryptocurrency native to the blockchain is known as Tronix (TRX). It was...

Solana is a blockchain platform which uses a proof-of-stake mechanism to provide smart contract functionality. Its native cryptocurrency is SOL. Solana...

Blockchain.com (formerly Blockchain.info) is a cryptocurrency financial services company. The company began as the first Bitcoin blockchain explorer in...

block height". A fork influences the validity of the rules. Forks are typically conducted in order to add new features to a blockchain, to reverse the...

Avalanche is a decentralized, open-source proof-of-stake blockchain with smart contract functionality. AVAX is the native cryptocurrency of the platform...

the money restored, via a hard fork of the Ethereum blockchain. Most Ethereum miners and clients switched to the new fork while the original chain became...

perform a contentious "hard fork" to reappropriate the affected funds. The fork resulted in the network splitting into two blockchains: Ethereum with the theft...

Cardano is a public blockchain platform. It is open-source and decentralized, with consensus achieved using proof of stake. It can facilitate peer-to-peer...

non-fungible token (NFT) is a unique digital identifier that is recorded on a blockchain and is used to certify ownership and authenticity. It cannot be copied...

ownership. Despite the term that has come to describe many of the fungible blockchain tokens that have been created, cryptocurrencies are not considered to...

Devs and Validators Launch Fork of TON Blockchain". www.coindesk.com. Retrieved 2024-10-24. "initial commit · ton-blockchain/ton@c2da007". GitHub. Retrieved...

Chainlink is a decentralized blockchain oracle network. Chainlink's token is on Ethereum. The network is intended to be used to facilitate the transfer...

the attackers financially induce some validators to approve their fork of blockchain, is enhanced in PoS, as rewriting a large portion of history might...

is related to the fact that records (known as blocks) in the Bitcoin blockchain are limited in size and frequency. Bitcoin's blocks contain the transactions...

proof-of-stake blockchain with smart contract functionality. The cryptocurrency native to the blockchain is the DOT. It is designed to allow blockchains to exchange...

the successful fork of the main Steem blockchain in 2020. In addition, this fork has many of the features of the main Steem blockchain, as well as a series...

Terra is a blockchain protocol and payment platform used for algorithmic stablecoins. The project was created in 2018 by Terraform Labs, a startup co-founded...

is a software cryptocurrency wallet used to interact with the Ethereum blockchain. It allows users to access their Ethereum wallet through a browser extension...

decided to hard-fork the Ethereum blockchain to restore approximately all funds to the original contract. This split the Ethereum blockchain into two branches...

cryptography and record them in a public distributed ledger, called a blockchain, without central oversight. Consensus between nodes is achieved using...

available on several other blockchain platforms such as Polygon. Visa initiated a pilot program to send USDC via the Solana blockchain to payment firms Worldpay...

each subsequent block. If there is a deviation in consensus then a blockchain fork can occur. Majority consensus in bitcoin is represented by the longest...

Bitcoin Cash fork occurred on 1 August 2017, at block 478,559. Up to the previous block (478,558), the bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash blockchains were identical...

of blockchain and crypto legal disputes in Britain. Similar to a transfer of value on a blockchain, deployment of a smart contract on a blockchain occurs...

Ethereum blockchain. Some members of the Ethereum community ignored the change and continued to participate on the original Ethereum network. The non-fork chain...

World Wide Web which incorporates concepts such as decentralization, blockchain technologies, and token-based economics. This is distinct from Tim Berners-Lee's...

In blockchain technology, a testnet is an instance of a blockchain powered by the same or a newer version of the underlying software, to be used for testing...