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What is a hard fork (vs a soft fork) in this context?
by yewenjie 4y ago
What is a hard fork (vs a soft fork) in this context?
- lf-non 4y agoSoft forks are usually created for development & experimentation with the intent to eventually merge back upstream. A hard fork is intended to diverge and evolve into an independent project.
- catach 4y agoI assume: a soft fork would have a commitment to interoperability, or a future expectation of merging together again.
- mindwok 4y agoI don't think this is common nomenclature outside crypto, but if I had to guess the distinguishing factor is that (according to their FAQ) they don't intend to merge upstream changes into the fork. So basically completely separate development histories from this point on.
- lf-non 4y agoThe hard fork nomenclature has been around in FOSS ecosystem for a long time.
- cercatrova 4y agoNo, the crypto community took this term from the FOSS community, particularly due to how coins that did hard fork are open source (usually) and they did exactly what you stated, not intending to merge upstream changes into the fork.
- mindwok 4y agoOh there you go, thanks I hadn't heard it in FOSS before.