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Blockchain Forks

Forks take place when a new blockchain splits from an already existing blockchain. They occur when a protocol is updated or new protocols are added to a blockchain, which results in both an old and a new version of the blockchain. There are two types of forks:

  • Soft fork: A soft fork is a backwards-compatible upgrade, meaning the upgraded nodes can still communicate with the non-upgraded nodes on the blockchain. Soft forks typically take place when a protocol is added or updated that doesn’t conflict with the older protocol on the blockchain. This results in that some nodes work in the ‘old’ version of the blockchain and other nodes work in the ‘new’ version. All nodes still create blocks at the same time, but the protocols used are different. Eventually, the old nodes will be updated and start creating updated blocks too.
  • Hard fork: Hard forks are backwards-incompatible software updates. They usually occur when nodes implement new protocols that conflict with the protocols of the old version of the blockchain. Updated nodes can only communicate with other nodes that are using the new version of the blockchain. As a result, the blockchain splits, creating two separate blockchains: one with the old protocols and one with the new protocols.
Updated on July 4, 2021
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Our mission here at RugDoc is to screen for hard rug code that results in 100% theft of ALL underlying funds for ALL participants.

This is the ONE part of the due diligence process that most people cannot simply do on their own as it costs thousands of dollars to hire a senior solidity developer to look over a farm for safety.

A project coin with terrible code can go up in price, and a project with good code and a good team can also go down in price.

Do NOT use our ratings to refer to your likelihood in making money if you invest in the project. They are ONLY in reference to code safety.

Everything else beyond code safety is YOUR responsibility to go do research on. We just make sure the casino you’re betting in won’t rob you before you even get to place a bet.

Our reviews for projects are organized into a few colors.

🟢 Least Risk
These projects are the least likely to hard or soft rug. Usually reserved for cornerstone projects of an ecosystem where it makes no financial sense for them to rug in any manner as they make more money just being legit.

🔵 Low Risk
These projects are usually established projects in an ecosystem that have a track record of success or have KYC’d to us or other authoritative sources in the real world. As a result, it is extremely unlikely for them to soft rug or hard rug their projects. The projects can still fail and the token price can go down, but usually more as a result of natural market forces.

⚪️ Some Risk
This is the default rating for projects with unknown teams but have code that is unlikely to have hard rug risk. Since the team is unknown and doesn’t have a track record of success, it’s entirely possible that they may try to soft rug by dumping tokens, abandoning the project, etc. Even a last minute contract swap to a malicious contract is possible. The only thing that is unlikely is a complete hard rug as long as you are 100% sure you deposit into the contract we review.

🟠 Medium Risk
Similar to Some Risk, but the underlying code itself is custom enough or complex enough that it warrants an elevated risk rating that needs deeper research. Make sure you read every point presented to make sure you’re comfortable with that before entering. Still unlikely to hard rug, but more chances of custom code behaving incorrectly and causing other issues.

🔴 High Risk
Project contains code or practices that are HIGHLY LIKELY to lead to catastrophic losses as they are right now. Make sure you read the description carefully as we will always warn what these issues are. If you see the words Hard Rug anywhere in the review, STAY FAR AWAY!

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We reserve the right to not review exceedingly complex projects that would require tens of thousands of dollars of senior security analyst man hours. Typically these are projects that deal with leverage, lending, options, derivatives, and anything that is overly complex and which requires tons of peer reviews and audits from top audit companies.

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