Hard Fork Initiation

A non-backward compatible upgrade of the network, which requires a prior software upgrade

This action will have:

• The new (greater) major protocol version

To pass, this Action requires:

Constitutional Committee	DReps	SPOs
Pass	60%	51%

These values could be changed via a new Government Action. To see the current values at any time, you can view https://cardanoscan.io/protocolparams.

Note:

There are many varying definitions of the term "hard fork" in the blockchain industry. Hard forks typically refer to non-backwards compatible updates of a network. In Cardano, we formalise the definition slightly more by calling any upgrade that would lead to more blocks being validated a "hard fork" and force nodes to comply with the new protocol version, effectively obsoleting nodes that are unable to handle the upgrade.