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What is a Hard Fork?

A hard fork in blockchain technology is a permanent separation from an older version of the Blockchain that occurs when the nodes running the latest version do not recognize the older versions.

This split is initiated by adding new rules to blockchain code.

One of these routes follows the original route, while the other one uses the latest updates to the Blockchain.

Users of older blockchain versions quickly realize that they need to update or make their version more efficient, and switch quickly to the updated version.

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