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A soft fork is a backward-compatible change to the blockchain protocol that imposes new rules or restrictions on the network without requiring all participants to upgrade their software. Soft forks typically tighten consensus rules or introduce new features that are compatible with the existing protocol, allowing nodes that have not upgraded to continue validating and participating in the network. Soft forks are considered less disruptive than hard forks and often result in temporary network forks that are resolved as the majority of miners or validators converge on the new consensus rules.
