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[[hard_forks]]
==== Hard Forks
In <<forks>> we looked((("consensus rules", "hard forks", "explained", id="consensus-hard-fork")))((("forks", "hard forks", "explained", id="forks-hard")))((("hard forks", "explained", id="hard-forks"))) at how
In <<forks>> we looked((("consensus rules", "hard forks", "explained", id="consensus-hard-fork")))((("forks", "hard forks", "explained", id="forks-hard")))((("hard forks", "explained", id="hard-forks-ch12"))) at how
the Bitcoin network may briefly diverge, with two parts of the network
following two different branches of the blockchain for a short time. We
saw how this process occurs naturally, as part of the normal operation
@ -1693,7 +1693,7 @@ while miners on the "a" chain will continue to ignore these
transactions. Even if block 8b does not contain any foocoin
transactions, the miners on the "a" chain cannot process it. To them it
appears to be an invalid block, as its parent "7b" is not recognized as a
((("consensus rules", "hard forks", "explained", startref="consensus-hard-fork")))((("forks", "hard forks", "explained", startref="forks-hard")))((("hard forks", "explained", startref="hard-forks")))valid block.
((("consensus rules", "hard forks", "explained", startref="consensus-hard-fork")))((("forks", "hard forks", "explained", startref="forks-hard")))((("hard forks", "explained", startref="hard-forks-ch12")))valid block.
==== Hard Forks: Software, Network, Mining, and Chain
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==== Diverging Miners and Difficulty
As miners ((("consensus rules", "hard forks", "difficulty and", id="consensus-hard-fork-difficult")))((("forks", "hard forks", "difficulty and", id="forks-hard-difficult")))((("hard forks", "difficulty and", id="hard-forks")))((("difficulty", "hard forks and", id="difficulty-hardfork")))diverge into mining two different chains, the
As miners ((("consensus rules", "hard forks", "difficulty and", id="consensus-hard-fork-difficult")))((("forks", "hard forks", "difficulty and", id="forks-hard-difficult")))((("hard forks", "difficulty and", id="hard-forks-difficult")))((("difficulty", "hard forks and", id="difficulty-hardfork")))diverge into mining two different chains, the
hashing power is split between the chains. The mining power can be split
in any proportion between the two chains. The new rules may only be
followed by a minority, or by the vast majority of the mining power.
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will not be adjusted for 2,016 blocks, which will take 100,800 minutes,
or approximately 10 weeks to mine. Assuming a fixed capacity per block,
this will also result in a reduction of transaction capacity by a factor
of 5, as there are fewer blocks per hour available to record((("consensus rules", "hard forks", "difficulty and", startref="consensus-hard-fork-difficult")))((("forks", "hard forks", "difficulty and", startref="forks-hard-difficult")))((("hard forks", "difficulty and", startref="hard-forks")))((("difficulty", "hard forks and", startref="difficulty-hardfork")))
of 5, as there are fewer blocks per hour available to record((("consensus rules", "hard forks", "difficulty and", startref="consensus-hard-fork-difficult")))((("forks", "hard forks", "difficulty and", startref="forks-hard-difficult")))((("hard forks", "difficulty and", startref="hard-forks-difficult")))((("difficulty", "hard forks and", startref="difficulty-hardfork")))
transactions.
==== Contentious Hard Forks