In <<forks>> we looked((("consensus rules", "hard forks", id="consensus-hard-fork")))((("forks", "hard forks", id="forks-hard")))((("hard forks", id="hard-forks"))) 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
@ -1754,7 +1754,7 @@ New miners may mine on top of the new block,
while old miners will mine a separate chain based on the old rules. The
partitioned network will make it so that the miners operating on
separate consensus rules won't likely receive each other's blocks, as
they are connected to two separate networks.
they are connected to two separate ((("consensus rules", "hard forks", startref="consensus-hard-fork")))((("forks", "hard forks", startref="forks-hard")))((("hard forks", startref="hard-forks")))networks.