# Forked Continuity
> **Machine-Evolution Nexus:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] provides the evolutionary and computational context for this supporting concept.
**Domain:** Continuity / Branching Identity
**Doc Type:** Supporting Canonical Node
**Maturity:** Developed
## Definition
Forked continuity is the condition in which a shared prior history produces two or more independently continuing descendants.
## Nexus Context
Blockchain forks provide public technical examples; copied or reconstructed persons raise the harder question of whether any branch continues the original subject and what rights each successor possesses.
## Relationships
[[wiki/Branching Descent|Branching Descent]], [[wiki/Hard Fork|Hard Fork]], [[wiki/Forked Identity|Forked Identity]], [[wiki/Rights|Rights]]
## Sources / Provenance
- Developed from the cited research in the central article and the surrounding continuity, rights and evolutionary architecture.