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142 sats \ 1 reply \ @falsefaucet 27 Jul \ on: What’s the difference between a soft fork, a hard fork, and a chain split? bitcoin bitcoin_beginners

soft - more 'strict' ruleset
hard - less 'strict' ruleset

is how i always remember them

nice concise post

2 sats \ 0 replies \ @Kruw 28 Jul

But it's also a bit confusing since you can apply upgrades as soft forks. IIUC, this is done by adding new functionality to inert preexisting opcodes, and then restricting the validity of txs so that those opcodes only perform the new functions.