Spoon

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A spoon is a kind of blockchain fork where the new cryptocurrency inherits the account balances of any existing cryptocurrency. It permits a new project to add its own features to the existing software while allowing the users of the existing protocol to participate in it. The projects spoon in the bid to attract developers and the users of an established platform. Ethereum is the most popular protocol for spooning.

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