Quote from: j3steven on April 13, 2014, 12:36:21 PM

So Ive been dabbling in bitcoin & crypto for about 6+ months but still find myself new to a lot of aspects of it. Below are a couple questions to help clarify what these terms mean, I appreciate any help & insight?

What is a fork (for mining purposes, not eating purposes), and why does it happen?

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1a51xx/now_that_its_over_the_blockchain_fork_explained/

Quote from: j3steven on April 13, 2014, 12:36:21 PM

What does FUD stand for? (Ive come to conclusion FUD is spreading rumors of some sort, just cant figure out the acronym)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty_and_doubt

No, im not a google extention.