Bitcoin soft fork
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Bitcoin soft fork
A change to the Bitcoin protocol that adds more functionality. There have been two major Bitcoin soft forks: SegWit in 2017 and Taproot in 2021. Contrast with Bitcoin hard fork. See SegWit and Taproot.Copyright © 1981-2019 by The Computer Language Company Inc. All Rights reserved. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher.