BLOCK HEIGHT - SOFT FORK - TURING COMPLETE


BLOCK HEIGHT	an example of this is the ethereum virtual machine (evm). the ability of a machine to perform calculations that any other programmable computer is capable of, is referred by turing complete refers to. ^{Source + Source}
SOFT FORK	a number that represents how many blocks are connected on the blockchain.^{Source + Source}
TURING COMPLETE	bitcoin’s mining algorithm is sha256, whilst litecoin & dogecoin’s are scrypt. the algorithm used by a cryptocurrency to sign transactions, these vary across different cryptocurrencies. ^{Source + Source}
MINING ALGORITHM	this type of fork requires most miners upgrading in order to enforce, while a hard fork requires all nodes to agree on the new version. since old nodes recognize the new blocks as valid, a soft fork is essentially backward-compatible. a soft fork differs from a hard fork in that only previously valid transactions are made invalid. ^{Source + Source}


BLOCK HEIGHT	a number that represents how many blocks are connected on the blockchain.^{Source + Source}
SOFT FORK	this type of fork requires most miners upgrading in order to enforce, while a hard fork requires all nodes to agree on the new version. since old nodes recognize the new blocks as valid, a soft fork is essentially backward-compatible. a soft fork differs from a hard fork in that only previously valid transactions are made invalid. ^{Source + Source}
TURING COMPLETE	an example of this is the ethereum virtual machine (evm). the ability of a machine to perform calculations that any other programmable computer is capable of, is referred by turing complete refers to. ^{Source + Source}
MINING ALGORITHM	bitcoin’s mining algorithm is sha256, whilst litecoin & dogecoin’s are scrypt. the algorithm used by a cryptocurrency to sign transactions, these vary across different cryptocurrencies. ^{Source + Source}

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