Bitcoin, the first cryptocurrency, has seen its fair share of forks over the years. These forks have created new cryptocurrencies with similar or different characteristics to Bitcoin. But what are forks, and can they happen again? — What is a fork? It’s cutlery. It’s a crypto thing as well. A fork happens when a blockchain diverges into two separate paths. This can occur due to a change in the rules or consensus mechanism governing the blockchain. When this happens, the original blockchain continues to exist, and a new blockchain is created…