{"id":2163,"date":"2021-04-27T08:44:46","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T08:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/?p=2163"},"modified":"2022-11-28T08:31:43","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T08:31:43","slug":"fork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/2021\/04\/27\/fork\/","title":{"rendered":"Fork"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve heard of cryptocurrencies or are starting to get interested, then you&#8217;ve easily heard of FORK.<\/p>\n<p>What is a Fork?<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Fork is a split into two different \u201cdirections\u201d of the software of a cryptocurrency.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The most famous forks were the Bitcoin forks in 2017 and the Ethereum fork, which led to the creation of Ethereum Classic.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start from basic by explaining the Bitcoin fork.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin is made up of its own protocol and blockchain.<\/p>\n<p>Since the protocol has rules written inside that can make its development slow in some parts, some developers may think they can improve their bitcoin by modifying the protocol.<\/p>\n<p>The developers will copy the original BTC protocol and will create the necessary changes to make it work by adding only the improvement developments.<\/p>\n<p>The modified protocol will create a new COIN, which will be incompatible with the BlockChain mined before.<\/p>\n<p>After that it will be decided which block to start the modified protocol from. Some miners will continue to mine with the source protocol, while others will support the modified protocol. This will create two distinct blockchains that are incompatible with each other and consequently an additional coin, separated from this chosen block that will go on independently of each other.<\/p>\n<p>The case we mentioned is called Hard Fork.<\/p>\n<p>It should be noted that there is also a &#8220;soft Fork&#8221;, which does not create a different blockchain but simply implements important software changes but still compatible with the pre-existing BC.<\/p>\n<p>Users of the coin see the results of a hard fork in their wallets as a new coin is created while there are no evident results for a soft fork since this remains the prerogative of the developers. We users will be unaware.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve heard of cryptocurrencies or are starting to get interested, then you&#8217;ve easily heard of FORK. What is a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":2771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,49,52,56,57,58],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fork | CYMood.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Fork is something normal in the cryptocurrency world. But what is a Fork? and why developers something decide to fork a Blockchain?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/2021\/04\/27\/fork\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cryptocurrency fork\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fork is something normal in the cryptocurrency world. But what is a Fork? and why developers something decide to fork a Blockchain?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/2021\/04\/27\/fork\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CYMood.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-04-27T08:44:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-11-28T08:31:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cymood-logo-tanga-def-versione-quadrata-mod-01.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1482\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1196\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Colin Young\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Cryptocurrency fork\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Fork is something normal in the cryptocurrency world. But what is a Fork? and why developers something decide to fork a Blockchain?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cymood-logo-tanga-def-versione-quadrata-mod-01.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@CYm00d\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CYm00d\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Colin Young\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/2021\/04\/27\/fork\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/2021\/04\/27\/fork\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Colin Young\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/#\/schema\/person\/e1f7b574b3bc8798bd26d514109bbd8c\"},\"headline\":\"Fork\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-27T08:44:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-28T08:31:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/2021\/04\/27\/fork\/\"},\"wordCount\":290,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"bitcoin\",\"cryptoculture\",\"tips\",\"how to\",\"tutorial\",\"altcoin\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/2021\/04\/27\/fork\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/2021\/04\/27\/fork\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/2021\/04\/27\/fork\/\",\"name\":\"Fork | CYMood.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-27T08:44:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-28T08:31:43+00:00\",\"description\":\"Fork is something normal in the cryptocurrency world. But what is a Fork? and why developers something decide to fork a Blockchain?\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/2021\/04\/27\/fork\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/2021\/04\/27\/fork\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/2021\/04\/27\/fork\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Fork\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/\",\"name\":\"CYMood.com\",\"description\":\"Your personal crypto analyst\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/#organization\",\"name\":\"CY Mood\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cymood_logo_black.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cymood_logo_black.png\",\"width\":782,\"height\":776,\"caption\":\"CY Mood\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CYm00d\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cy_lifez\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCOG04R-bfCv6oHF07uJNBYQ\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/#\/schema\/person\/e1f7b574b3bc8798bd26d514109bbd8c\",\"name\":\"Colin Young\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1fc270245d0bd5654f3b8bb373ce0213?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1fc270245d0bd5654f3b8bb373ce0213?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Colin Young\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Fork | CYMood.com","description":"Fork is something normal in the cryptocurrency world. But what is a Fork? and why developers something decide to fork a Blockchain?","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/2021\/04\/27\/fork\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Cryptocurrency fork","og_description":"Fork is something normal in the cryptocurrency world. But what is a Fork? and why developers something decide to fork a Blockchain?","og_url":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/2021\/04\/27\/fork\/","og_site_name":"CYMood.com","article_published_time":"2021-04-27T08:44:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-11-28T08:31:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1482,"height":1196,"url":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cymood-logo-tanga-def-versione-quadrata-mod-01.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Colin Young","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Cryptocurrency fork","twitter_description":"Fork is something normal in the cryptocurrency world. But what is a Fork? and why developers something decide to fork a Blockchain?","twitter_image":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cymood-logo-tanga-def-versione-quadrata-mod-01.jpg","twitter_creator":"@CYm00d","twitter_site":"@CYm00d","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Colin Young","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":["Article","BlogPosting"],"@id":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/2021\/04\/27\/fork\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/2021\/04\/27\/fork\/"},"author":{"name":"Colin Young","@id":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/#\/schema\/person\/e1f7b574b3bc8798bd26d514109bbd8c"},"headline":"Fork","datePublished":"2021-04-27T08:44:46+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-28T08:31:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/2021\/04\/27\/fork\/"},"wordCount":290,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/#organization"},"articleSection":["bitcoin","cryptoculture","tips","how to","tutorial","altcoin"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/2021\/04\/27\/fork\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/2021\/04\/27\/fork\/","url":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/2021\/04\/27\/fork\/","name":"Fork | CYMood.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-04-27T08:44:46+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-28T08:31:43+00:00","description":"Fork is something normal in the cryptocurrency world. But what is a Fork? and why developers something decide to fork a Blockchain?","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/2021\/04\/27\/fork\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/2021\/04\/27\/fork\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/2021\/04\/27\/fork\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Fork"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/","name":"CYMood.com","description":"Your personal crypto analyst","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/#organization","name":"CY Mood","url":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cymood_logo_black.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cymood_logo_black.png","width":782,"height":776,"caption":"CY Mood"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/twitter.com\/CYm00d","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cy_lifez\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCOG04R-bfCv6oHF07uJNBYQ"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/#\/schema\/person\/e1f7b574b3bc8798bd26d514109bbd8c","name":"Colin Young","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1fc270245d0bd5654f3b8bb373ce0213?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1fc270245d0bd5654f3b8bb373ce0213?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Colin Young"}}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/pexels-karol-d-325154-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2163"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3621,"href":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163\/revisions\/3621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cymood.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}