A blockchain hard fork is a change in programming that is incompatible with the old programming. This essentially creates a new blockchain, and sometimes a new cryptocurrency. Hard forks generally ...

The proposal outlines a plan to enforce a network-wide migration of BTC from legacy wallets to ones secured by post-quantum ...

With time, the original codebase of a blockchain may need to be updated to accommodate rising demand. Hard forks introduce ... speed up complex cryptographic algorithm processing.