So what's all this hard fork business about anyway?

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Ok so Wednesday is hard-fork day for Bitcoin Gold. And next month is SegWit2X, another hard fork. So what's this hard-fork business about anyway? What does it mean, and why are forks important?

We wrote up a post with answers to all these juicy questions:
https://medium.com/@verify.as/explain-forks-hard-and-soft-forks-to-me-fda79644aa97

As always, drop your comments below -- and if you have suggestions for future topics you'd like us to dig into, let us know!