# Soft fork

## Definition

A soft fork is a protocol-rule change designed so upgraded rules remain compatible with blocks accepted by participants enforcing a broader previous rule set, under the specific consensus model involved.

## What it means in practice

Bitcoin has used soft forks for several protocol upgrades, including SegWit and Taproot activation mechanisms.

## How this concept appears in Terenval Wallet

Terenval benefits from supported network upgrades only to the extent its transaction and address logic remains compatible with the resulting protocol behavior.

**Important:** Wallet support for a feature can lag protocol activation, so network support and feature support are not identical concepts.

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## Related terms

- [Hard fork](https://wallet.terenval.com/glossary/hard-fork/)
- [segwit](https://wallet.terenval.com/glossary/segwit/)
- [taproot](https://wallet.terenval.com/glossary/taproot/)
- [Consensus](https://wallet.terenval.com/glossary/consensus/)
- [bitcoin](https://wallet.terenval.com/glossary/bitcoin/)

## Related Terenval Answers

- [What Is a Crypto Wallet and What Does It Actually Store?](https://wallet.terenval.com/answers/what-is-a-crypto-wallet-and-what-does-it-store/)
- [Can One Crypto Wallet Manage Multiple Blockchains?](https://wallet.terenval.com/answers/can-one-crypto-wallet-manage-multiple-blockchains/)
- [How to Send Crypto Safely Between Wallets](https://wallet.terenval.com/answers/how-to-send-crypto-safely-between-wallets/)

Official page: https://wallet.terenval.com/glossary/soft-fork/