Academy Blockchain Glossary Article

Fork

2020.07.21 0x6617

fork is the creation of an ongoing alternative version of the blockchain, by creating two blocks simultaneously on different parts of the network. This creates two parallel blockchains, where one of the two is the winning blockchain.

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