CRYPTO GLOSSARY

Hard fork

A split in a blockchain that creates a new coin.

Hard fork in more detail

Coins from a hard fork. A hard fork is a split in a blockchain that creates a new coin. If you receive the new coin, you have income equal to its value when you receive it.

FROM LESSON 58 · 4 MIN READWhen crypto counts as incomeStaking rewards, mining, pay in crypto and coins from a hard fork are income under US rules, valued on the day you receive them. Learn how that works, what becomes your cost basis, and what is not income.Read the lesson

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