# Jake Frankenfield - Soft Fork (Highlights) ![rw-book-cover|256](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article1.be68295a7e40.png) ## Metadata **Cover**:: https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article1.be68295a7e40.png **Source**:: #from/readwise **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[Jake Frankenfield]] **Full Title**:: Soft Fork **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **Document Tags**:: #blockchain #fork **URL**:: [www.investopedia.com](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/soft-fork.asp) **Host**:: [[www.investopedia.com]] **Highlighted**:: [[2020-12-16]] **Created**:: [[2022-09-26]] ## Highlights - a soft fork (or sometimes softfork) is a change to the software protocol where only previously valid blocks/transactions are made invalid.