What Is the Difference between a Fork and a New Codebase on GitHub? ⎊ Path

What Is the Difference between a Fork and a New Codebase on GitHub?

A fork is a copy of an existing project's code, often used to make minor changes or start a new, related project, retaining the original history. A new codebase is started from scratch.

A team claiming a new project that is simply a fork without significant new development is a red flag.

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Significant New Development

Innovation ⎊ A significant new development represents a major innovation in a cryptocurrency project's core protocol or application layer.