Bag Crypto slang for a large quantity of a specific cryptocurrency. Alternatively (but less frequently) used to refer to the contents of an individual's crypto portfolio.

Bagholder An investor who continues to hold large amounts of a specific coin or token, regardless of its performance.

Bandwidth The quantity of data capacity available for transactional activity on a network is known as bandwidth.

Bank for International Settlements (BIS) The BIS is an international financial institution that promotes global monetary stability.

Banking as a Service (BaaS) BaaS platforms provides a higher level of financial transparency options by letting banks open up their APIs for third parties in order to develop new services.

Banking Secrecy Act (BSA) The Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) was implemented in the United States in 1970 to prevent criminals from concealing or laundering their illegal gains.

Basket A basket, when used in the cryptocurrency space, refers to a collection of digital currencies managed as a single asset.

Bear Someone who believes that prices in a given market will decline over an extended period. Such a person might be referred to as “bearish.”

Bear Market When prices of assets in a market fall by 20% or more from recent highs, it is called a bear market. As a result, investor confidence is low, and the economy and market turn pessimistic.

Bear Trap The attempted manipulation of a specific cryptocurrency’s price, based on the coordinated activity of a group of traders.

Bearwhale A bearwhale is a person who has a high number of cryptocurrencies and uses their massive account to drive the price down and profit out of it. 

BEP-2 (Binance Chain Tokenization Standard) A technical standard for tokens on Binance Chain.

BEP-20 BEP-20 is a Binance Smart Chain token standard created with the intention of extending ERC-20.

BEP-721 BEP-721 is a Binance Smart Chain (BSC) token standard that enables the generation of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). It is considered to be an extension of ERC-721 that is one of the most popular NFT standards.

BEP-95 (Bruno Hard Fork Upgrade) Binance Evolution Protocol (BEP-95) is a Bruno hard fork upgrade that aims to speed up the BNB token burning process.

Beta (Release) A software pre-release stage where its access is offered to a set number of users & third-party software testers for testing it under real-world settings.

Bid Price The cost that someone is willing to pay for a security, asset, commodity, service, or contract is referred to as a bid price.

Bid-Ask Spread Bid-ask spread is the difference between the highest price which a buyer is willing to pay for an asset as well as the lowest price that a seller is willing to accept.

Binary Code Binary code is a two-symbol system that is based on numbers, "0" and "1," to represent text, computer processor commands, or any other type of data.

Bit A bit is a basic unit of information in computing.

Bitcoin ATM (BTM) An automated teller machine (ATM or cashpoint) that allows the user to buy and sell Bitcoin.

Bitcoin Dominance (BTCD) Bitcoin Dominance is a metric that determines how much share of the overall crypto market share is owned by Bitcoin.

Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) The standard format for documents proposing changes to Bitcoin.

Bitcoiner A person who is bullish on Bitcoin.

Bitcointalk Bitcointalk is the most popular online forum dedicated to Bitcoin, cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.

BitLicense A business license permitting regulated virtual currency activities, issued by the New York State Department of Financial Services.

BitPay BitPay is a Bitcoin payment service provider.

Bits A commonly used unit, or subdivision, of a single Bitcoin.

Black Hat Hacker Black hat hackers usually use malware to penetrate into computerized networks and systems to steal data.

Black Swan Event A black swan event, also known as black swan occurrences, is a metaphor for an unexpected event that has a significant impact.

Block A file containing information on transactions completed during a given time period. Blocks are the constituent parts of a blockchain.

Block Explorer An application enabling a user to view details of blocks on a given blockchain. Also known as a blockchain browser.

Block Header A block header is a unique identifier for a block on a blockchain that is hashed on a continuous basis to supply proof-of-work for mining incentives.

Block Height A value describing the number of blocks preceding a given block in the blockchain.

Block Producer A block producer (BP) is a person or group whose hardware is chosen to verify a block's transactions and begin the next block on most Proof-of-Stake (PoS) blockchains.

Block Reward The coins awarded to a miner or group of miners for solving the cryptographic problem required to create a new block on a given blockchain.

Block Size In blockchain technology, block size refers to the amount of data about transactions a single block in the chain can carry.

Block Time Block time refers to the approximate time it takes for a blockchain-based system to produce a new block.

Block Trade A block trade is a large-scale purchase or sale of securities that occur outside of an open market. It uses blockhouse as a financial intermediary to aid investors with risk management.

Blockchain A distributed ledger system. A sequence of blocks, or units of digital information, stored consecutively in a public database. The basis for cryptocurrencies.

Blockchain 1.0 Blockchain 1.0 is the first generation of blockchain technology, which focuses on cryptocurrency and decentralization.

Blockchain 2.0 Blockchain 2.0 is an extension to blockchain 1.0 as it introduced the concept of decentralization of business and markets through smart contracts and improved security and transparency.

Blockchain 3.0 Blockchain 3.0 is the final developmental stage of blockchain technology, which predicts global, institutional and enterprise adoption.

Blockchain Explorer A blockchain explorer is simply a search engine allowing users to browse through blockchain records.

Blockchain Transmission Protocol (BTP) Blockchain Transmission Protocol (BTP) enables isolated blockchains to operate as a fully decentralized settlement layer by securely anchoring transactions using a protocol that is universal.

Blockchain Trilemma The blockchain trilemma is the set of three issues that plague blockchains: decentralization, security and scalability.

Blockchain-Enabled Smart Locks Blockchain-enabled smart locks solve many security issues and can be locked or unlocked based on the state of a variable that is embedded in a smart contract.

Bots Automated software that can carry out tasks such as cryptocurrency trades.

Bounty A cryptocurrency bounty is a reward users receive for performing tasks assigned by a given blockchain or project.

Breaking In the world of cryptocurrencies, breaking the forward compatibility of cryptoassets is seen in hard forks of a cryptocurrency.

Bridges A blockchain bridge allows the seamless transfer of data or tokens between two different blockchain projects.

Browser Extension A browser extension is a plugin for an internet browser that adds additional features.

Bubble When an asset is traded at a price exceeding that asset's intrinsic value.

Bug Exploit A bug exploit is an attack that take advantage of a system's vulnerabilities.

Bull A person that is optimistic and confident that market prices will increase, this person is also known to be "bullish" about the market or price.

Bull Market A bull market in crypto and stock markets refers to a time during which the prices of assets grow dramatically. These markets act as a source of motivation for both investors and purchasers. This is not a permanent state, although it can linger for months or even years.

Bull Run A bull run (also known as a bull trend) is a period of time in the financial market during which the values of certain assets are constantly rising.

Bull Trap A bull trap occurs when a steadily declining asset appears to reverse and go upward, but soon resumes its downward trend.

Burn/Burned Cryptocurrency tokens or coins are considered “burned” when they have been purposely and permanently removed from circulation.

Buy The Dip (BTD) An enthusiastic exclamation by supporters of a cryptocurrency to buy while prices are at a low point.

Buy Wall A buy wall is a disproportionately large buy limit order placed on a cryptocurrency exchange.

C++ C++ is an extension of the C programming language that allows cross-platform developments and capabilities.

Candlesticks A candlestick chart is a graphing technique used to show changes in price over time. Each candle provides 4 points of information opening price, closing price, high, and low. Also known as “candles” for short.

Capital Capital is most commonly defined as the large sum of money you would use to invest.

Capital Efficiencies Capital efficiency is the ratio that compares the spending of a company on their growing revenue and how much they are receiving in return in the way of profits.

Capital Funds Capital funding is the money provided in the form of debt or equity to operate a company.

Capitulation Capitulation is the process of selling assets or cryptocurrencies at a significant loss because you have lost hope or belief that it will ever increase in price.

Cash Cash is the most liquid form of money: physical coins and banknotes in the most narrow sense of the term.

CeDeFi CeDeFi, or centralized decentralized finance, combines traditional centralized financial services with decentralized applications, merging conventional regulatory policies with modern financial products and infrastructure.

Censorship Censorship is the act of altering, suppressing, or prohibiting speech or writing that is considered detrimental to the general public.

Censorship Resistance Censorship resistance refers to the idea that no party can prevent anyone from participating in a given platform or network.

Central Bank In contemporary economies, the central bank is responsible for the formulation and transmission of monetary policy, as well as for the regulation of member banks.

Central Bank Digital Currency CBDCs are digital currencies issued by a central bank whose status as legal tender depends on government regulation or law.

Central Ledger A central ledger is a physical book or a computer file used to record transactions in a centralized manner.

Central Processing Unit (CPU) A central processing unit (CPU) is the part of a computer that is in charge of interpreting and executing programs and coordinating the work of all other components.

Centralized A centralized organizational structure is one in which a single node or a small number of them are in control of an entire network.

Centralized Exchange (CEX) Centralized exchanges (CEXs) are a type of cryptocurrency exchange that is operated by a company that owns it in a centralized manner.

Centre (Consortium) A member-based consortium by Coinbase and Circle to manage USD Coin (USDC).

Certificate of Deposit (CD) A certificate of deposit (CD) is a financial product allowing customers to earn an interest rate premium after making a deposit.

Chain Reorganization Chain reorganization is a process in blockchain technology that allows node operators to replace blocks and adopt new ones, in order to create new, longer chains of data.

Chain Split Chain splits are another term used to describe cryptocurrency forks — the separation of a single original coin into several independently managed projects.

Change Address In cryptocurrencies, a change address is where the change from a transaction is temporarily stored before it is returned to the sender wallet.

Chargeback A chargeback is the return of money to the payer of a certain transaction, most commonly one that was made with a credit or debit card.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) is one of the largest exchanges dealing in the trading of futures and options in the United States.

Cipher A cipher is any algorithm that can be used to encrypt and decrypt information.

Ciphertext Ciphertext is a result of encryption that has been performed on plaintext through the usage of an algorithm

Circle Circle is the Fintech firm behind USDC.

Circulating Supply The best approximation of the number of coins that are circulating in the market and in the general public’s hands.

Client A client is software that can access and process blockchain transactions on a local computer. A common application of this is a cryptocurrency software wallet.

Close Refers to the closing price; similar to the same term used in stock trading.

Cloud Cloud servers are typically located throughout different data centers all over the world.

Cloud Mining Cryptocurrency mining with remote processing power rented from companies.

Co-Signer A person or entity that has partial control and access over a cryptocurrency wallet.

Code The action of coding is to write programming statements for a program.

Coin A coin can refer to a cryptocurrency that can operate independently or to a single unit of such cryptocurrency.

Coin Mixer Coin mixers allow users to mix up transactions between different cryptocurrency addresses, so they become untraceable and cannot be followed back to the initial sender or receiver of the assets.

Cold Storage Offline storage of cryptocurrencies, typically involving hardware non-custodial wallets, USBs, offline computers, or paper wallets.

Cold Wallet A cryptocurrency wallet that is in cold storage, i.e. not connected to the internet.

Collateral Collateral is any asset that a lender accepts as a form of security to ensure that the borrower repays a loan.

Collateral Tokens In cryptocurrency, collateral tokens are used as a risk mitigation asset when borrowing other types of crypto tokens.

Collateralization Collateralization is the process of using one asset as insurance for securing a loan in a different asset.

Collateralized Debt Obligation A collateralized debt obligation (CDO) represents a mixture of loans and assets that are offered to big investment firms with a lot of capital.

Collateralized Debt Position (CDP) A collateralized debt position is held by locking collateral in smart contracts to generate stablecoins.

Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO) A collateralized mortgage obligation (CMO) is essentially a bundle of numerous mortgages combined in a package and sold to investors.

Collateralized Stablecoin A “collateralized stablecoin” is a stablecoin that is entirely or almost entirely backed by collateral held in a reserve.

Commingling Commingling of funds is a method of combining all funds from different investors into a single investment in order to maximize the benefits.

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is an independent federal regulatory agency responsible for regulation the U.S. derivatives market.

COMP Token The native asset of the Compound protocol.

Composable DeFi Composable DeFi refers to the interoperability between different DeFi protocols. It enables a multitude of DeFi applications to work along and create a wide range of new use cases and financial products.

Composable Token A composable token is an ERC-998 token, a standard extension to any non-fungible token, adding the ability for non-fungible tokens to own other non-fungible (ERC-721) and fungible (ERC-20) tokens.

Confirmation In cryptocurrency, a confirmation is a measure of how many blocks have actually passed since a transaction was added to a blockchain.

Confirmations A cryptocurrency transaction is considered confirmed when it is included in a block on the blockchain. Each new block after the first one is an additional confirmation for that transaction.

Consensus Consensus is achieved when all participants of the network agree on the order and content of the blocks in the blockchain.

Consensus Mechanism A consensus mechanism is an underlying technology behind the main functionalities of all blockchain technology, which makes them an essential operating feature of all cryptocurrencies.

Contract In traditional finance, a contract is a binding agreement between two parties. In cryptocurrencies, smart contracts execute functions on the blockchain.

Contract Account A contract account is an account that has a crypto balance and associated code.

Contract for Difference (CFD) A contract for difference (CFD) outlines a buyer’s obligation to pay any price difference that might occur due to the shifting valuation of an asset.

Coordinator In blockchain technology, a coordinator is a specialized client that allows nodes to verify the validity of their copy of the ledger against specific transactions.

Core Wallet A core crypto wallet is able to contain the entire blockchain, rather than just a piece of a blockchain.

Corporate Treasury A corporate treasury is formed to manage and control the liquidity, risk, funds, capital reserves, and other resources of a company to align with its short and long-term strategies.

Correction A correction is a pullback of an asset’s price of at least 10% to adjust for over-valuation.

CPU Miner Since mining requires computing power, the process of generating or mining cryptocurrency using a central processing unit (CPU) is called CPU mining (or central processing unit mining).

Credit Rating Credit rating is a measure that allows banks and lending institutions to predict how capable you are of repaying your debt.

Credit Risk Crest risk is the number representing the possibility that a bank or lending institution will lose money because a borrower cannot repay their loan.

Cross-Border Trading Cross-border trading in financial markets and trade finance represents the opportunity to trade globally using a local currency.

Cross-Chain Cross-chain is a technology that enhances the interconnection between blockchain networks by allowing the exchange of information and value.

Cross-Chain Communication Cross-chain communication between blockchains allows different protocols to verify data and transactions without the intervention of a centralized third-party service.

Crowdfunding Crowdfunding enables fundraisers to collect money from a large number of people through a variety of different platforms.

Crowdloan The practice of new projects to raise funds through DOT or KSM tokens for slots on Kusama or Polkadot network.

Crypto Debit Card A crypto debit card is a type of debit card that allows its holder to pay for goods and services using cryptocurrencies.

Crypto Invoicing Crypto invoicing is the process of creating invoices for goods and services that need to be paid in cryptocurrencies.

Cryptoasset A cryptoasset is any digital asset that uses cryptographic technologies to maintain its operation as a currency or decentralized application.

Cryptocurrency Cryptocurrencies are digital currencies that use cryptographic technologies to secure their operation.

Cryptocurrency Money Laundering Cryptocurrency money laundering is a method criminals use to legitimize and enshroud funds by changing fiat to digital currency and then routing it through many pathways. It is an attempt to lose any authorities who may be tracing the money.

Cryptocurrency Pairs Exchanges utilize cryptocurrency pairs in order to facilitate the trade between different tokens.

Cryptographic Hash Function Cryptographic hash functions produce a fixed-size hash value from a variable-size transaction input.

Cryptography A field of study and practice to secure information, preventing third parties from reading information to which they are not privy.

Cryptojacking The use of another party’s computer to mine cryptocurrency without their consent.

Cryptology Cryptology is the scientific study of cryptography as well as cryptanalysis.

CryptoPunks A collection of Ethereum-based non-fungible tokens.

Currency Currency is a medium of exchange that defines value.

Currency Crisis A currency crisis is termed as a financial emergency in which a country's fiat currency loses value, and investors become cautious of retaining/investing in that country's assets.

Custodial Custodial cryptocurrency businesses are the ones that are in possession of their customers’ funds for the duration of the use of their services.

Custodian A custodian is responsible for safely holding assets for an institution or individual for a variety of purposes.

Custody Custody is a financial institution's legal capacity to keep and preserve financial assets for its clients to avoid asset theft or loss.

Data Privacy Data privacy refers to the area of data protection and security that is responsible for the handling of sensitive data.

Data Scraping Data scraping or web scraping is the process of extracting information from a website into a spreadsheet or a local file on your computer or database.

Date of Launch A term used for when ICOs will put up their tokens for sale.

Day Trading Day trading is the practice of frequently buying and selling assets in order to make a profit on intraday changes in their price.

Dead Coin A cryptocurrency that is no longer in existence.

Decentralization Maximalism Decentralization maximalism refers to the belief that decentralization is the best approach and lifestyle to such a degree that any form of regulation does not need to exist.

Decentralization Ratio The Decentralization Ratio (DR) is the ratio of collateral value that is decentralized over the total stablecoin supply backed for those assets.

Decentralized Decentralization refers to the property of a system in which nodes or actors work in concert in a distributed fashion to achieve a common goal.

Decentralized Applications (DApps) A type of application that runs on a decentralized network, avoiding a single point of failure.

Decentralized Autonomous Initial Coin Offerings (DAICO) A method for decentralized funding of projects that introduces a form of governance in the ICO process, allowing backers to vote for the return of their funds if certain conditions are met.

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) A decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) is founded upon and governed by a set of computer-defined rules and blockchain-based smart contracts.

Decentralized Currency Decentralized currency refers to bank-free methods of transferring wealth or ownership of any other commodity without needing a third party.

Decentralized Database A decentralized database is a modern-day storage solution that combines decentralized technologies with cutting-edge computing to randomly store data and files across multiple nodes, delivering high security and unmatched availability while being completely censorship-resistant.

Decentralized Exchange (DEX) A peer-to-peer exchange allowing users to trade cryptocurrency without the need for an intermediary.

Decentralized Governance Decentralized governance refers to the procedures through which a platform's disintermediated, equitable management is carried out for blockchain networks and dApps.

Decentralized Identifier (DID) A decentralized identifier, or DID, refers to an ID that can be issued by an autonomous, independent, and decentralized platform that acts as a proof of ownership of digital identity.

Decentralized Marketplace A decentralized marketplace, built on blockchain technology, allows traders or investors to trade with each other while eliminating middlemen. They are available globally and require no intermediaries to make trades possible. 

Decentralized Network A decentralized network is a collection of interconnected but distinct elements that interact with one another without the need for a centralized power or server.

Decentralized Payment Network A decentralized payment network refers to a system where users, customers and vendors can exchange money without having to trust any third party to keep the network secure and operational.

Decentralized Social Media Decentralized social media is a social media platform that is based on blockchain.

Decentralized Stablecoin Decentralized stablecoins are fully transparent, non-custodial with no or partial third-party control.

Decryption The process of transforming encrypted data back into a format that is readable by a user or machine.

DeFi A movement encouraging alternatives to traditional, centralized forms of financial services.

DeFi Aggregator A DeFi aggregator brings together trades across various DeFi platforms into one place.

DeFi Degens DeFi degenerates. A subculture associated with a disreputable corner of decentralized finance known for pump and dump schemes.

Delegated Proof-of-Stake (dPOS) An alternative to the Proof-of-Stake and Proof-of-Work consensus algorithms.

Delisting The process of removing an asset/stock/cryptocurrency from a trading exchange is called delisting.

Denial-of-Service (DoS) Attack A denial-of-service attack aims to temporarily make a computer or network service unavailable to its intended users.

Depth Chart A graph that plots the requests to buy (bids) and the requests to sell (asks) on a chart, based on limit orders. The chart shows the point at which the market is most likely to accept a transaction.

Derivative A financial instrument deriving its value from the value of an underlying asset.

Derivatives Market A public market for derivatives, instruments such as futures contracts or options, which are derived from other forms of cryptocurrency assets.

Desktop Wallet A desktop wallet is a type of software wallet that is usually non-custodial.

Deterministic Wallet A type of cryptocurrency wallet in which keys and addresses are created from a single seed.

Dharma Protocol An open-source stack for building debt markets on Ethereum.

Difficulty A measure of how hard it is to validate a new block on a blockchain.

Digital Digital technologies are these electronic tools that have the ability to generate, store or even process data.

Digital Art Digital art is art and media that is made by using digital technology.

Digital Asset A digital asset refers to the digital representation of something of value.

Digital Asset Custodian A digital asset custodian is responsible to look after digital assets on behalf of an investor or client.

Digital Asset Ecosystem Digital asset ecosystem is a term that defines everything involved in the crypto space. From NFTs to futures, this terms sums up all the facilities offered and elements associated with the crypto universe.

Digital Barter Economy Eliminating the inherent weaknesses of the traditional barter economy, a digital barter economy makes it easier to trade both physical and virtual items anywhere in the world.

Digital Commodity A commodity that exists digitally, as opposed to in “meatspace.”

Digital Currency A currency that exists only in digital form, as opposed to traditional physical currencies.

Digital Dollar The term "digital dollar" refers to a possible digital currency issued by the US central bank (CBDC).

Digital Identity Information used by a person or entity to identify themselves to a computer or network.

Digital Signature A method for proving the authenticity of a digital communication.

Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) is a signature algorithm, not an encryption algorithm, and uses public-key cryptography to generate digital signatures.

Dip A dip is when markets experience a short or protracted downturn.

Discord Discord is a web-based communication tool or application primarily built to enable communication between gamers.

Distributed Consensus Collective agreement reached among nodes in a network.

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attack An attempt by a bad actor to disrupt the operation of an application, server or network by flooding it with traffic.

Distributed Ledger Distributed ledgers are ledgers in which data is stored across a network of decentralized nodes. A distributed ledger does not necessarily involve a cryptocurrency and may be permissioned and private.

Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) A database that is shared by multiple participants, in multiple places. The basis for blockchains.

Distributed Network A network in which the data and applications are dependent on multiple sources, as opposed to one location.

Diversification Diversification is a risk-management strategy that mixes a wide variety of investments within a portfolio.

Documentation Documentation is a part of token economies that stores all the details of an asset on the blockchain.

Dolphin Someone with a moderate holding of cryptocurrency.

Dominance A measure of Bitcoin's value in the context of the larger cryptocurrency market.

DotSama DotSama is a new piece of crypto slang, used to describe the Kusama and Polkadot ecosystems in just one word.

Double Spend Attack A double-spend attack is a practice in the world of digital currencies where a user gains the ability to spend the same cryptocurrency more than once.

Double Spending The potential for a digital currency to be spent twice.

Drawdown The maximum reduction in value from the peak value for an investment or fund that has occurred over a period of time.

Dual-Token Economy/Model (Two-Token Economy) In the world of blockchain, a dual-token economy or model means a project with two tokens, one of which is used for utility inside the network and the other one as security to raise funds for the crypto project.

Dump A sudden sell-off of digital assets.

Dumping A collective market sell-off that occurs when large quantities of a particular cryptocurrency are sold in a short period of time.

Dust Transactions Miniscule amounts of Bitcoin in a wallet — with a value that would be outweighed by the cost of a transaction fee.

Dusting Attack An attack that aims to uncover the identity of a wallet’s owner, information that can subsequently be used in phishing scams.

DYCO (Dynamic Coin Offering) DYCO (dynamic coin offering) is a new crowdfunding model developed by DAO Maker that employs utility tokens that are backed by USD.

DYOR The acronym of Do Your Own Research — encouraging investors to complete due diligence into a project before investing.

E-Signature An electronic signature, or e-signature, is any electronic mark (sign, sound, symbol, etc.) used in the palace of a physical signature in signing a document or contract.

Economic Utility Economic utility is a term in economics that refers to the total satisfaction that a person can derive from consuming a good or service.

Edge Nodes In computer science, an edge node is a computer that serves as an end-user gateway to form a connection with other nodes.

Effective Proof-of-Stake Effective Proof-of-Stake is Harmony’s version of the Proof-of-Stake consensus mechanism that aims for both security and decentralization.

ELI5 Short for “explain like I’m five” — a plea for simplicity when crypto concepts are being explained.

Email Spoofing Email spoofing is a technique that is used in order to trick users into thinking that a message actually came from a different person.

Emission The speed at which new coins are produced and released.

Encryption Encryption is a method through which information can be made into code.

Enterprise Blockchain Enterprise blockchain is the use of distributed ledger technology for non-speculative business purposes. Tailored for the needs of enterprises, these chains may be private or public.

Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) A group of organizations and companies working together to further develop the Ethereum network.

Epoch One entire run of the training dataset through the algorithm is referred to as an epoch in machine learning.

Equity Equity is the funds that would be returned to a company's shareholders if all of the company's assets were dissolved and all debts were paid off in the event of liquidation.

Erasure Encoding Erasure coding is a method of storing data at multiple locations after doing its segmentation, expansion, and encoding with redundant information.

ERC-1155 ERC-1155 digital token standard was created by Enjin and offers more security in comparison to older token standards. It can be used to create both fungible and non-fungible assets on the Ethereum network.

ERC-20 Tokens designed and used solely on the Ethereum platform.

ERC-223 ERC-223 is an Ethereum token standard that is powered by smart contracts that enable users to securely transfer tokens to a digital wallet.

ERC-721 A token standard for non-fungible Ethereum tokens.

ERC-777 ERC-777 is a tradable token standard spun out from ERC-20 to enable a new way to engage with a token contract while staying backward compatible.

ERC-827 ERC-827 is an ETH token standard that addresses the existing limitations of ERC 20 when it comes to the implementation of calls in transfers and approvals in particular.

ERC-884 ERC-884 facilitates the creation of tradable ERC-20 tokens, each of which symbolizes a numberless share issued by a Delaware corporation.

ERC-948 ERC-948 is a new Ethereum token protocol that is designed to connect subscription businesses with customers and allows for subscription-based transactions.

Escrow A financial instrument where assets or cash are held by a third party while a buyer and a seller complete a deal.

Ether The form of payment used in the operation of the distribution application platform, Ethereum.

Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) describe standards for the Ethereum platform, including core protocol specifications, client APIs, and contract standards.

Ethereum Request For Comment (ERC) Ethereum Request for Comment (ERC) is the protocol to introduce new improvements to the network by developers.

Ethereum Transaction Ethereum transaction are cryptographically signed instructions to initiate a transaction to update the state of the Ethereum network.

Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) A Turing-complete virtual machine that enables execution of code exactly as intended; it is the runtime environment for every smart contract. Every Ethereum node runs on the EVM to maintain consensus across the blockchain.

Event Triggers When a transaction is mined, smart contracts can emit events and write logs to the blockchain which the frontend can then process.

Exchange Businesses that allow customers to trade cryptocurrencies for fiat money or other cryptocurrencies.

Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) A security that tracks a basket of assets such as stocks, bonds, and cryptocurrencies but can be traded like a single stock.

Exit Scam An exit scam is a trick where projects disappear (or shut down) after accumulating investors’ money. In other industries, this event occurs when a business stops shipping orders even if it is receiving payment for the new ones.

Fan Token A fan token is a cryptocurrency issued by a specific sports team and allows its holders to participate in the governing activities and attain exclusive rewards & discounts.

FATF Travel Rule The FATF Travel Rule requires virtual asset service providers to regulate information sharing for certain large transactions.

Faucet A cryptocurrency reward system usually on a website or app, that rewards users for completing certain tasks.

Fee Tiers Fee tiers refer to the fee structure that determines the amount charged when investors deposit or withdraw money and execute trades on a crypto exchange.

Fiat Fiat currency is “legal tender” backed by a central government, such as the Federal Reserve, and with its own banking system, such as fractional reserve banking. It can take the form of physical cash, or it can be represented electronically, such as with bank credit.

Fiat On-Ramp A fiat-on ramp is a way to get cryptocurrency from fiat, or regular money.

Fiat-Pegged Cryptocurrency A coin, token or asset issued on a blockchain that is linked to a government or bank-issued currency.

Field Programmable Gate Array Field Programmable Gate Array is an integrated circuit that allows customers or designers to reconfigure as per requirement after the manufacturing process.

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) The FATF is a global organization that sets global standards to combat money laundering and terrorist financing (AML/CFT).

Financial Crime Enforcement Network (FinCEN) The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is a federal regulatory bureau of the United States Treasury.

Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre (FINTRAC) The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre (FINTRAC) of Canada is the nation’s financial intelligence agency.

First In, First Out First in, First Out (FIFO) is an inventory method used to specify your cost-basis when calculating your taxes.

Fish Someone who has a small crypto investment.

Flash Crash A flash crash is a market condition where an asset’s price falls very rapidly within a very brief time interval.

Flash Loan A flash loan is a transaction in which a specific quantity of liquidity is borrowed and repaid in the same transaction or block.

Flash Loan Attack Flash loan attacks are when malicious actors exploit a smart contract.

Flash Loans Flash loans are a type of uncollateralized lending used in decentralized finance (DeFi).

Flippening A hypothetical scenario where Ethereum's market cap overtakes Bitcoin's.

Flipping An investment strategy where you buy something with the goal of reselling for a profit later, usually in a short period of time.

FOMO An acronym that stands for "Fear of Missing Out."

Fork (Blockchain) Forks, or chain splits, create an alternate version of the blockchain, leaving two blockchains to run simultaneously.

Fork (Software) When an entirely new program has been developed from source code, taken from an open source software.

Fractional Stablecoins A fractional stablecoin is one that is backed in two ways: collaterally-backed and algorithmically modified.

Fraud Proof A fraud proof is a technological method that functions as a bond in a decentralized environment that uses Optimistic Rollups (ORs), which are sidechains that aim to reduce the costs and latency that dApps might encounter on a blockchain platform.

Front Running Front running is when you place a transaction in a queue when you have knowledge of a future transaction.

FUD [2021] An acronym that stands for “Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt.” It is a strategy to influence perception of certain cryptocurrencies or the cryptocurrency market in general by spreading negative, misleading or false information. *see FUDster.

FUDster Someone that is spreading FUD.

Full Node Nodes that download a blockchain’s entire history in order to observe and enforce its rules.

Fundamental Analysis (FA) A method in which you research the underlying value of an asset by looking at the technology, team, growth prospects and other indicators. Some people perform fundamental analysis as part of an investment strategy called “value investing.”

Funding Payments Funding payments are periodic payments between traders. These are designed to reduce the discrepancy between the perpetual market price and the spot market price.

Fungible In cryptocurrency, fungibility is when a coin or token can be replaced by any other identical coin or token.

Futures A futures contract is a standardized legal agreement to buy or sell a particular commodity or asset at a predetermined price at a specified time in the future.

Gains Gains refer to an increase in value or profit.

GameFi GameFi, better known as play-to-earn (P2E) games, is a rather new term in the field of both gaming and cryptocurrency industries. It references games that are designed with economic and financial aspects of blockchain and cryptocurrencies, enabling players to exert full control over their in-game assets to generate revenue.

Gas A term used on the Ethereum platform that refers to a unit of measuring the computational effort of conducting transactions or smart contracts, or launch DApps in the Ethereum network. It is the “fuel” of the Ethereum network. *see Gas Limit and Gas Price.

Gas Limit A term used on the Ethereum platform that refers to the maximum amount of gas the user is willing to spend on a transaction.

Gas Price A term used on the Ethereum platform that refers to the price you are willing to pay for a transaction.

Gas Station Networks (GSN) Gas Station Networks (GSN) allows you to build decentralized applications (dApps) which provide payment for transactions, so users do not need to hold Ether or ETH to pay for gas, easing their onboarding process and improving user acquisition and experience.

Gems Gem is a term for relatively unknown low-cap coins that have immense potential or are grossly undervalued.

Genesis Block The first block of data that is processed and validated to form a new blockchain, often referred to as block 0 or block 1.

Geotagged NFT Geotagged non-fungible tokens (NFT) feature 3D versions of the street art alongside the corresponding geo-location. They allows art aficionados to own both the virtual and physical artwork without the need to remove the actual infrastructure it was originally painted on.

Geth Geth, short for Go Ethereum, is a command-line interface that allows developers to run full Ethereum nodes, mine the cryptocurrency and execute smart contracts.

GitHub GitHub is one of the most popular code hosting platforms, allowing developers to collaborate on various projects.

Gold-Backed Cryptocurrency A coin or token issued that represents a value of gold; for example, one physical gram of gold equals one coin.

Google Authenticator Google Authenticator is a software-based verification system that generates unique one-time codes that are time-based on your mobile phone.

Governance In the world of cryptocurrencies, governance is defined as the people or organizations that have decision-making powers regarding the project.

Governance Token A governance token is a token that can be used to vote on decisions that influence an ecosystem.

Graphical Processing Unit (GPU) More commonly known as a graphics card, it is a computer chip that creates 3D images on computers, but has turned out to be efficient for mining cryptocurrencies.

Greater Fool Theory The greater fool theory was first discussed by professor Burton Malkiel. It suggests that there is always a “greater fool” that you can sell an overvalued asset to.

Group Mining As opposed to solo mining, group mining is when multiple people mine together.

Hacking Hacking is the process of using a computer to manipulate another computer or computer system in an unauthorized fashion.

Halving An event in which the total rewards per confirmed block halves.

Hard Cap A hard cap is the absolute maximum supply of a digital asset.

Hard Fork (Blockchain) A type of protocol change that validates all previously invalid transactions, and invalidates all previously valid transactions.

Hard Fork Combinator A hard fork combinator (first designed by IOHK) is a tool to combine protocols specifically on the Cardano blockchain after a hard fork has occurred.

Hard Peg A hard peg is an exchange rate policy, where a currency is set at a fixed rate against another currency.

Hardware Security Module A hardware security module is a type of computing device that secures digital keys and encrypts data.

Hardware Wallet A hardware wallet is a wallet for cryptocurrencies that usually resemble a USB stick.

Hash A hash is the output result of a hashing algorithm, which creates a unique, fixed-length string to encrypt and secure a certain selection of arbitrary data.

Hash Function Any function used to map data of arbitrary size to data of a fixed size. *see Cryptographic Hash Function.

Hash Power / Hash Rate A unit of measurement for the amount of computing power being consumed by the network to continuously operate.

Hedge Contract A hedge contract is a form of insurance that investors use to hedge against the risk of financial loss. Typically, a hedge is designed to protect against price fluctuations in the market.

Hidden Cap Hidden cap is an unknown limit to the amount of money a team elects to receive from investors in its initial coin offering (ICO). The purpose of a hidden cap is to even the playing field by letting smaller investors put in money, without the large investors forming an accurate understanding of the total cap and adjusting their investment as a result.

Hierarchical Deterministic Wallet (HD Wallet) A wallet that uses Hierarchical Deterministic (HD) protocol to support the generation of crypto-wallets from a single master seed using 12 mnemonic phrases. *see Deterministic Wallet.

HODL A type of passive investment strategy where you hold an investment for a long period of time, regardless of any changes in the price or markets. The term first became famous due to a typo made in a Bitcoin forum, and the term is now commonly expanded to stand for “Hold On for Dear Life.”

Hosted Wallet A wallet managed by a third-party service.

Hot Storage The online storage of private keys allowing for quicker access to cryptocurrencies. *see Cold Storage.

Hot Wallet A cryptocurrency wallet that is connected to the internet for hot storage of cryptoassets, as opposed to an offline, cold wallet with cold storage. *See Cold Wallet.

Howey Test A test used to determine whether or not an asset is a security.

Hybrid PoW/PoS A hybrid PoW/PoS allows for both proof-of-stake and proof-of-work as consensus distribution algorithms on the network. This approach aims to bring together the security of PoW consensus and the governance and energy efficiency of PoS.

Hyperinflation Hyperinflation is defined as unrestricted growth in prices for goods and services in an economy. It happens when resources become limited, such as gas or food, and prices rise as demand outstrips supply.

Hyperledger (Hyperledger Foundation) Hyperledger is an umbrella project of open source blockchains and blockchain-related tools started by the Linux Foundation in 2015 to support the collaborative development of blockchain-based distributed ledgers.

Immutable A property that defines the inability to be changed, especially over time.

Impermanent Loss Impermanent loss is when a liquidity provider has a temporary loss of funds because of volatility in a trading pair.

In-the-Money / Out-of-the-Money In-the-money and out-of-the-money are options trading mechanisms that allow investors to benefit from additional tools to work with the market.

Infinite Approval Pre-approving smart contracts to enable the platform to spend any amount of your coins.

Infinite Mint Attack An infinite mint attack occurs when an unwanted entity or hacker mints an absurd ("infinite") amount of tokens within a protocol.

Inflation A general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.

Initial Bounty Offering (IBO) A novel way of launching a project that focuses on people contributing skills to a platform rather than money.

Initial Coin Offering (ICO) Short for Initial Coin Offering, an ICO is a type of crowdfunding, or crowdsale, using cryptocurrencies as a means of raising capital for early-stage companies.

Initial Dex Offering (IDO) An initial dex offering (IDX) is an alternative to an initial coin offering (ICO).

Initial Exchange Offering A type of crowdfunding where crypto start-ups generate capital by listing through an exchange.

Initial Farm Offering (IFO) Initial Farm Offering (IFO) helps DeFi projects raise capital through the farming feature offered by decentralized exchanges.

Initial Game Offering (IGO) Initial game offerings (IGOs) provide individuals with an opportunity to invest in gaming projects at an early stage that have the potential to offer huge returns after their launch.

Initial NFT Offering (INO) A crypto crowdfunding solution where projects can raise funds by listing a set of NFTs via a launchpad.

Initial Public Offering (IPO) An initial public offering (IPO) is the process of a company offering shares for purchase on the stock market for the first time.

Initial Stake Pool Offering (ISPO) The Initial Stake Pool Offering (ISPO) is a comparatively new crypto fundraising method exclusive to the Cardano ecosystem. Unlike existing fundraising models, ISPOs are more inclusive, decentralized, equitable, and secure.

Initial Token Offering (ITO) ITOs are similar to initial coin offerings — but have more of a focus on offering tokens with intrinsic utility in the form of software or usage in an ecosystem.

Input-Output Hong Kong (IOHK) Now Input-Output Global, Input-Output Hong Kong (IOHK) was launched in 2015 by Charles Hoskinson to provide a blockchain infrastructure to research & engineering companies.

Insider Trading Insider trading happens when someone purchases or sells stocks while possessing private, material information about that stock.

Instant Settlement Network Layer Instant settlement network allows participants to exchange digital assets in real-time from anywhere in the world.

Institutional Investor An Institutional Investor is an organization or a legal entity that trades in the market on behalf of its clients that may be retail investors.

Insurance Fund An exchange insurance fund is used to cover any unexpected losses from leveraged trading. This fund is used to prevent traders from bankruptcy in the event of liquidations.

Integrated Development Environment (IDE) An integrated development environment (IDE) is a type of software that helps you develop apps by merging many development tools into a single graphical user interface (GUI).

Intellectual Property (IP) Intellectual property (IP) is a type of property that can be legally protected from being copied or sold – it includes intangible creations that result from human thinking such as a book, song, design, business method, or software.

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is an American company founded in 2000 to purchase and operate global exchanges and clearing houses.

Interest Rates A time-dependent charge or return made in proportion to the amount of money deposited, borrowed or lent.

Intermediary/Middleman A person or entity that acts as the go-between different parties to bring about agreements or carry out directives.

Internal Transaction An internal transaction, also known as a "message," is a byproduct of an EOA interaction with a contract address that results in Ether being transferred.

Internet Layer Internet layer is the third layer in the TCP/IP model and is responsible for the transportation of network packets.

Internet of Things Internet of Things (IoT) is a global interconnected network of devices, sensors and software that can collect and exchange data with each other in real-time over the Internet.

Internet Service Provider (ISP) Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are commercial entities that provide end-users with access to the internet.

Interoperability Blockchain interoperability, or cross-chain interoperability, is the ability to see and share information across multiple blockchains.

Intrinsic Value The intrinsic value of an asset depicts the asset’s actual worth based on a complex financial calculation rather than its current price.

Invest Investing is when you put money in a financial scheme with the intent of making a gain.

Investment Vehicles (Crypto-tied) Investment vehicles are the assets (classes) in which investors put their money with hopes to increase the value of their portfolio in the future.

IOU An IOU, acronym for “I owe you,” is a document stating that one party owes a debt to another party.

IP Address IP addresses are unique numeric addresses assigned to devices connected to the internet or a local network.

Java Java is a general-purpose, class-based as well as object-oriented programming language.

JavaScript JavaScript is a powerful, dynamic, lightweight, and advanced programming language. It is mostly used in web-based applications.

JOMO The opposite state of JOMO stands for “Joy of Missing Out.”

Know Your Customer (KYC) Short for Know Your Customer, these are checks that crypto exchanges and trading platforms must complete to verify the identity of their customers.

Lachesis The consensus mechanism of Fantom blockchain.

Lambo Slang for the type of car that many crypto enthusiasts aspire to buy when their digital assets “moon” — or rise in value substantially.

Large Cap Well-established projects and organizations having a market capitalization of $10 billion or above are called large cap or big cap projects/organizations.

Laser Eyes Laser eyes is a viral Twitter meme that is used by Bitcoiners who attempt to push the price of BTC to its new all-time highs. It was originated with a hashtag, #LaserRayUntil100, back in February 2021.

Law of Accelerating Returns The Law of Accelerating Returns is a hypothesis by Ray Kurzweil based on the observations that technologies (or any evolutionary system) tend to progress in an exponential fashion.

Layer 0 Layer 0 is a network framework running beneath the blockchain. It is made up of protocols, connections, hardware, miners, and everything else that forms the foundation of the blockchain ecosystem.

Layer 2 Layer 2 is the name given to a scaling solution that enables high throughput of transactions whilst fully inheriting the security of the underlying blockchain that it is built on. 

Layer-1 Blockchain A layer-1 blockchain is a set of solutions that improve the base protocol itself

Ledger A record of financial transactions that cannot be changed, only appended with new transactions.

Leverage Money that a trader borrows from a brokerage, enabling them to gain far greater exposure to a position than what their capital allows.

Leveraged Tokens In the world of cryptocurrencies, leveraged tokens give you a leveraged position in trading, meaning that your earnings and losses are multiplied.

libp2p Libp2p is an open network protocol for decentralized peer-to-peer networking.

Light Node Light nodes are typically downloaded wallets and are connected to full nodes to further validate the information that is stored on the blockchain.

Lightning Network A second-layer protocol that is designed to solve Bitcoin’s scalability problem by allowing transactions to be processed more quickly.

Limit Order A limit order is a type of order to purchase or sell a security at a specified price or a better one. 

Limit Order/Limit Buy/Limit Sell Tools that enable traders to automatically buy or sell cryptocurrencies on a trading platform when a certain price target is reached.

Liquid Market A liquid market features a large number of buyers and sellers. It is a platform where all the trades are executed with ease and at a low cost.

Liquid Staking (Fantom) A staking mechanism by the Fantom blockchain that allows you to earn yield by staking tokens for a longer duration.

Liquidation Liquidation refers to the conversion of an asset or cryptocurrency for fiat or its equivalents.

Liquidity How easily a cryptocurrency can be bought and sold without impacting the overall market price.

Liquidity Bootstrapping Pool (LBP) A liquidity bootstrapping pool is essentially a contract that manages a core pool containing tokens to be used on an exchange.

Liquidity Mining Liquidity mining is a mechanism or process in which participants supply cryptocurrencies into liquidity pools, and are rewarded with fees and tokens based on their share of the total pool liquidity.

Liquidity Pool Liquidity pools are crypto assets that are kept to facilitate the trading of trading pairs on decentralized exchanges.

Liquidity Provider Liquidity providers are decentralized exchange users who fund a liquidity pool with tokens they own.

Liquidity Provider Tokens (LP Tokens) Liquidity provider tokens or LP tokens are tokens issued to liquidity providers on a decentralized exchange (DEX) that run on an automated market maker (AMM) protocol.

Liveness A guarantee that a system will continue to provide data, and that no centralized authority can shut down its services.

Location Swap Location swap allows the change of claim to the assets manifested in the form of a token with no effect on other attributes.

Long A situation where you buy a cryptocurrency with the expectation of selling it at a higher price for profit later.

Longing (Long Position) A long position (longing) refers to the situation where an investor buys a cryptocurrency or any other financial instrument to sell it later when the price goes high.

Lovelace The smallest denomination of ADA is called Lovelace.

Mainnet An independent blockchain running its own network with its own technology and protocol.

Mainnet Swap Mainnet swap refers to the shift of a cryptocurrency project from one blockchain network to another (which in most cases is its own native blockchain network).

Maker Protocol (MakerDAO) The Maker Protocol allows users to leverage their assets as collateral that are approved by the Maker governance in order to get rewarded with DAI.

Malware Malware or malicious software refers to harmful programs utilized by bad actors to illegally access and/or compromise a computer, network or server.

Margin Call When an investor’s account value falls below the margin maintenance amount.

Margin Trading A practice where a trader uses borrowed funds from a broker to trade a cryptocurrency.

Market An area or arena, online or offline, in which commercial dealings are conducted.

Market Balances Market balances refer to the outstanding amount of tokens or coins after a trade has been made on a decentralized exchange (DEX).

Market Capitalization/Market Cap/MCAP Total capitalization of a cryptocurrency’s price. It is one of the ways to rank the relative size of a cryptocurrency. *see Circulating Supply.

Market Maker, Market Taker The maker places an order (to buy or sell at a quoted price), while a taker accepts that placed order (to execute the buy or sell at the quoted price)

Market Order/Market Buy/Market Sell A purchase or sale of a cryptocurrency on an exchange at the current best available price.

Market Signal Through signaling, market participants are essentially creating a volatile market which can help to point out the opportunities to the investors.

Max Supply The best approximation of the maximum amount of coins that will ever exist in the lifetime of the cryptocurrency. *see Circulating Supply and Total Supply.

Medium of Exchange A medium of exchange can be seen as an intermediary instrument or system that is used to facilitate a sale, purchase or even trade of goods between parties. 

Megahashes Per Second Megahashes per second (MH/s) is a unit of measurement that equals one million hashes per second.

Meme Economy Meme Economy is a satirical online subculture in which memes are addressed in financial language as if they were commodities or capital assets with varying prices.

Memecoin Memecoins are the crypto tokens created as a joke or meme and claim to offer huge gains to holders.

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is defined as a written agreement between two or more parties, which is legally-non binding.

Mempool A mempool is the node's collection of all of the unconfirmed transactions that it has seen.

Mercenary Capital Mercenary capital refers to the opportunistic capital provided by investors seeking to take advantage of the short-term incentive programs conducted by a platform for individual gain.

MetaMask An online digital wallet that allows users to manage, transfer and receive Ethereum, operating as an extension to a regular browser.

Metatransaction A metatransaction executes a transaction signed by another party on behalf of the original signer, ferrying this original transaction onto the public blockchain rather than the person having to do it themselves

Metaverse A metaverse is a digital universe that contains all the aspects of the real world, such as real-time interactions and economies. It offers a unique experience to end-users.

Metaverse-as-a-Service (MaaS) Metaverse-as-a-Service (MaaS) is a novel technological solution that anyone can use to build their own metaverses. The service provider offers the necessary infrastructure to enable both developers and non-technical users to create immersive virtual experiences alongside additional features like in-game tokenomics, NFTs, play-to-earn models, and much more.

Micro Cap A digital asset with a very small market capitalization is referred to as a micro-cap stock/asset/cryptocurrency in the financial sector.

MicroBitcoin (uBTC) One millionth of a bitcoin or 0.000001 of a bitcoin. Often confused as a fork of Bitcoin.

Micropayment A micropayment is essentially a small transaction that is carried out online and can be as small as a fraction of a cent.

Microtransaction A business model where very small payments can be made in exchange for common digital goods and services, such as pages of an ebook or items in a game.

Mid Cap Mid cap is a measure derived from a mathematical computation that determines the market value of a cryptocurrency with a market capitalization ranging from $1 billion to $10 billion.

MilliBitcoin MilliBitcoin, also known as μBTC, is a sub-unit of Bitcoin which is equivalent to the one-thousandth of a BTC, the most famous and valuable cryptocurrency in the world.

Mimetic Theory Mimetic theory explains human behavior and culture, and when understood contextually in economics, it deals with how things become desirable to individuals.

Mineable Some cryptocurrencies have a system through which miners can be rewarded with newly-created cryptocurrencies for creating blocks through contributing their hash power. Cryptocurrencies with this ability to generate new cryptocurrencies through the process of confirmation is said to be mineable. * Not Mineable Some cryptocurrencies are generated only through other mechanisms, such as annual inflation through staking. These cryptocurrencies are said to be not mineable.

Miner Extractable Value (MEV) Miner extractable value (MEV) is a measure of the profit a miner can make through their ability to arbitrarily include, exclude, or re-order transactions within the blocks they produce. 

Miners Contributors to a blockchain taking part in the process of mining. They can be professional miners or organizations with large-scale operations, or hobbyists who set up mining rigs at home or in the office.

Minimum Collateralization Ratio (MCR) Minimum Collateralization Ratio (MCR) is the least amount of collateral that needs to be pledged against a given loan.

Minimum Viable Product (MVP) A minimum viable product (MVP) is a product that has enough features to attract early-adopter customers and validate a product idea.

Mining A process where blocks are added to a blockchain, verifying transactions. It is also the process through which new bitcoin or some altcoins are created.

Mining Algorithm An integral component of blockchain, a mining algorithm is the set of rules or instructions that a computer follows to generate a valid block.

Mining as a Service (MaaS) Cloud mining or mining-as-a-service allows users to rent the mining capacity of hardware in companies.

Mining Contract Another term for cloud mining, where users can rent or invest in mining capacity online.

Mining Difficulty The mining difficulty of a cryptocurrency is how difficult it is to find the right hash for the next block.

Mining Farm A mining farm is when a group of miners mine together for a variety of advantageous reasons, like energy use.

Mining Pool An arrangement where a number of miners pool their resources to increase their chances of finding the next block.

Mining Reward The income that miners receive after finding and validating a block.

Mining Rewards Mining rewards are the rewards that crypto miners receive for mining a new block on the blockchain.

Mining Rig Equipment that is used for mining cryptocurrencies.

Minnow An alternative term to Fish, describing someone with a small crypto investment.

Minting Minting is the process of generating new coins using the proof-of-stake mechanism and adding them to the circulation to be traded.

Mnemonic Phrase A list of words used in sequence to access or restore your crypto assets.

Mnemonics Mnemonics are memory aids with a system such as letters or associations that help in recall. *see Mnemonic Phrase.

Mobile Wallet A mobile wallet is a crypto wallet installed on a mobile device.

Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) The Monetary Authority of Singapore is the central bank managing money supply and regulating interest rates, inflation rate, and value for Singaporean currency.

Monetary Policy Monetary policy can be defined as a set of rules that a country’s central bank makes to control the supply of money.

Money Flow Index (MFI) The Money Flow Index (MFI) is a technical indicator that measures the buying or selling pressure of an asset through price and volume.

Money Laundering Money laundering is a technique used for illegal businesses to hide their money from the authorities.

Money Market A financial market where short-term lending or borrowing takes place.

Money Transfer License Money transmitter businesses need to acquire MTL or Money Transmitter License to be able to operate legally.

Money Transmitter A business entity that provides money transfer services or payment instruments.

Moon A situation where there is a continuous upward movement in the price of a cryptocurrency. Often used in communities to question when a cryptocurrency will experience such a phenomenon, saying “When moon?” It is usually combined with “When Lambo?”

Motoko Programming Language (DFINITY) The programming language for developing projects to run on the Internet Computer blockchain.

Moving Average (MA) Moving Average (MA) is a technical indicator that reacts to the trends of the financial markets and is used by market experts to predict the direction of an asset's trend.

Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) A technical analysis method.

Mt. Gox A crypto exchange for buying and selling Bitcoin that closed in 2014 after a major hack.

Multi-Coin Wallet A multi-coin wallet, also known as a multi-chain wallet, allows users to keep more than one crypto asset belonging to multiple blockchain networks.

Multi-Party Computation Multi-party computation (MPC) is a cryptographic mechanism that distributes computation operations across several parties where no singular entity can see the other parties’ data.

Multi-Party Computation as-a-Service Multi-party computation (MPC) as-a-service is a business model where consumers (enterprises and individuals) can rent MPC nodes from an MPC service provider instead of outright buying them or building them from scratch.

Multi-Signature (Multi-Sig) An added layer of security by requiring more than one key to authorize a transaction.

Multisignature Multisignature crypto wallets require more than a single signature to sign a transaction.

Negative Volume Index (NVI) The negative volume index (NVI) is a powerful technical indicator that shows how price is being influenced by low-volume timeframes.

Network A network refers to all nodes in the operation of a blockchain at any given moment in time.

Network Latency Network latency refers to the amount of time it takes for a computer on one network to communicate with a computer on another network.

Network-Enhanced Virtual Machine (NEVM) A Network-Enhanced Virtual Machine (NEVM) combines the best attributes of the Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) networks, enabling smart contracts to leverage unprecedented levels of interoperability and scalability to support broad mass adoption.

Newb A newb is someone that is new to a certain industry.

No-Coiner A no-coiner is someone who has no cryptocurrency in his or her investment portfolio and firmly believes that cryptocurrency in general will fail.

Node The most basic unit of blockchain infrastructure that stores data.

Nominators Nominators are one of two main actors who are involved in a blockchain network that uses the nominated proof-of-stake (NPoS) consensus algorithm.

Non-Custodial Usually referring to the storage of keys, in relation to wallets or exchanges, a non-custodial setup is one in which private keys are held by the user directly.

Non-fungible Assets The term "non-fungible assets" describes non-fungibility within a collection of similar assets being issued by a single party.

Non-Fungible Token (NFT) Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are cryptocurrencies that do not possess the property of fungibility.

Nonce When a transaction is hashed by a miner, an arbitrary number meant to be used only once is generated, called a nonce.

Notarization on Blockchain Notarization on blockchain simply uses the intrinsic nature and advantages of blockchain technology to let anyone create a timestamped artifact. The authorship and identity of this artifact can easily and securely be identified at any point.

Off-Chain A transaction that is processed outside the blockchain network with an increased speed and reduced cost.

Off-Chain Governance Off-chain governance is a type of blockchain governance in which decisions are made informally, away from the primary code base of the blockchain.

Off-Chain Transaction An off-chain transaction is defined as a second-layer protocol where the transactions occur on a network and move value outside of the blockchain.

Off-Ledger Currency A currency that is created (minted) outside of the specified blockchain ledger but is accepted or used.

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) The Office of the Comptroller (OCC) is a U.S. Treasury branch that regulates all national banks, federal savings associations, federal branches and foreign bank agencies

Offline Storage The act of storing cryptocurrencies in devices or systems not connected to the internet.

Offshore Account An offshore account is defined as a foreign bank account with assets and investments set outside of your origin country or country of residence.

On-Balance Volume (OBV) On-balance volume (OBV) is a technical trading indicator that forecasts an asset's price movements based on the volume flow.

On-Chain Transactions that are recorded on the blockchain itself and shared with all of the participants are done on-chain.

On-Chain Governance On-chain governance is a decentralized framework used for organizing and integrating updates/improvements to the blockchain networks.

On-Ledger Currency A currency that is both minted on the blockchain ledger and also used on the blockchain ledger, such as Bitcoin.

One Cancels the Other Order (OCO) A situation where two orders for cryptocurrency are placed simultaneously, with a rule in place to enforce that if one is accepted, the other is cancelled.

Online Storage The act of storing cryptocurrencies in devices or systems connected to the internet.

Open Source Open source is a philosophy, with participants believing in the free and open sharing of information in pursuit of the greater common good.

Open/Close The price at which a cryptocurrency opens at a time period or the programming principle of software parts being extendable.

OpenSea [2021] OpenSea is a decentralized P2P platform for NFTs.

Opera Mainnet (Fantom) Opera (Fantom) is a permissionless, open-source framework that allows everyone to engage in the network through staking and governance.

Operating System (OS) An operating system (OS) is a software and a resource manager that sits between the hardware and the user.

Option A contract giving the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an underlying asset or instrument at a specified strike price.

Options Market A public market for options, giving the buyer an option to buy or sell a cryptocurrency at a specific strike price, on or before a specific date.

Over-Collateralization Over-collateralization (OC) is the provision of collateral that is worth more than enough to cover potential losses in cases of default.

Over-the-Counter (OTC) Over-the-counter is defined as a transaction made outside of an exchange, often peer-to-peer through private trades.

Over-the-Counter (OTC) Trading Over-the-counter refers to the process of how securities are traded through a broker-dealer network as opposed to a centralized exchange.

Overbought When a cryptocurrency has been purchased by more and more investors over time, with its price increasing for an extended period of time.

Oversold When a cryptocurrency has been sold by more and more investors over time, with its price decreasing for an extended period of time.

Pair Trade between one cryptocurrency and another, for example, the trading pair BTC/ETH.

Paper Trading Paper trading or simulated trading is the practice of using a virtual transactional environment to simulate trading without the use of real capital.

Paper Wallet A physical document containing your private key or seed phrase.

Parachain Parachains are application-specific data structures that run in parallel to each other within Polkadot.

Participation Node Participation nodes are present in the Algorand platform to help in conducting the Pure Proof of Stake (PPoS) consensus process.

Passive Income Passive income is money produced from investments that do not require the earner to be actively involved.

Password Manager A password manager is a tool or software that stores all sorts of passwords needed for online applications and services.

Payee A payee is a party within an exchange of goods or even services that can receive payment.

Peer-to-Peer (P2P) The decentralized interactions between parties in a distributed network, partitioning tasks or workloads between peers.

Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Lending Crypto P2P lending refers to a practice of lending assets without the involvement of a middleman. Such loans rely on collateral material originally owned by borrowers.

Peg A “peg” is a specified price for the rate of exchange between two assets.

Pegged Currency A stablecoin is a currency whose value is pegged to a real-world asset, such as a fiat currency.

Permissioned Ledger A ledger designed with restrictions, such that only people or organizations requiring access have permission to access it.

Permissionless Often used to describe blockchains, a system is said to be permissionless when there is no entity that can regulate who can use it and how it can be used.

Perpetual Contracts A perpetual contract is a derivative similar to a futures contract but without an expiry date.

Phishing When a scammer pretends to be a trusted institution or person to trick people into revealing sensitive information such as Social Security numbers, passwords, banking details, etc., often through a malware link disguised as legitimate.

Phone Phishing Phone phishing, also known as a telephone scam or vishing (voice phishing), refers to the practice of using fraudulent and malicious phone calls to extort money or sensitive information from victims.

Physical Bitcoins A physical Bitcoin is a physical token that usually has an intricate design, as well as a public key and private key.

Platform On CoinMarketCap, platform refers to the parent blockchain of tokens. It may also refer to a cryptocurrency exchange on which you may trade cryptocurrencies.

Play-to-Earn (Play2Earn) The play-to-earn business model supports the notion of an open economy and gives financial rewards to players who bring value to its metaverse.

Play2Earn (Play-to-Earn) The play-to-earn business model supports the notion of an open economy and gives financial rewards to players who bring value to its metaverse.

Player Payout Player payouts is a new way of automatically paying online gaming participants immediately after the tournament ends.

Ponzi Scheme A fraudulent investment involving the payment of purported returns to existing investors from funds contributed by new investors.

Portfolio A collection of cryptocurrencies or crypto assets held by an investment company, hedge fund, financial institution or individual.

Post-Mine The retroactive creation of new coins following a cryptocurrency’s launch, before public mining is possible.

Pre-IDO Pre-IDO refers to token offerings before the actual initial DEX offering (IDO) takes place.

Pre-Mine When some or all of a coin’s initial supply is generated during or before the public launch.

Pre-Sale The sale of a cryptocurrency, ahead of it going public, to specific investors.

Prediction Market Prediction Markets are exchange-traded markets where the future outcomes of events are traded. It indicates the confidence of the crowd in a specific future event.

Price Impact The difference between market price and estimated price due to trade size.

Private Blockchain A private blockchain is a type of blockchain in which only a single organization has authority over the network.

Private Key/Secret Key A piece of code generated in asymmetric-key encryption process, paired with a public key, to be used in decrypting information hashed with the public key.

Procedural Programming Procedural programming refers to a series of instructions that inform a computer what it should do step-by-step to achieve the task.

Profit and Loss (P&L) Statement A profit and loss (P&L) statement is a financial document that gives that sum up the earnings, costs, and expenditures incurred during a specified period.

Programmability Programmability implies that something is capable of following instructions.

Proof of Attendance Protocol Proof of Attendance Protocol (POAP) refers to a business offering to use the ERC-721 NFT protocol on Ethereum to ascribe individuals a unique, non-fungible blockchain-based identifier that only the person can access

Proof-of-Authority (PoA) A blockchain consensus mechanism that delivers comparatively fast transactions using identity as a stake.

Proof-of-Burn Proof-of-burn is an attempt at creating a system that can prevent fraudulent transactions on a blockchain and can also improve the overall efficiency and functioning of the blockchain.

Proof-of-Burn (PoB) A blockchain consensus mechanism aiming to bootstrap one blockchain to another with increased energy efficiency, by verifying that a cost was incurred in “burning” a coin by sending it to an unspendable address.

Proof-of-Developer (PoD) Any verification that provides evidence of a real, living software developer who created a cryptocurrency, in order to prevent an anonymous developer from making away with any raised funds without delivering a working model.

Proof-of-Donation Proof-of-donation refers to the integration of charitable donations into the functionality of a blockchain.

Proof-of-History (PoH) Proof of History (PoH) nodes have internal clocks that validate events and time. The incoming events are hashed using a verifiable delay function, also known as VDF, that increases the speed and scalability of a blockchain.

Proof-of-Immutability (PoIM) Proof-of-Immutability (PoIM) is a novel blockchain architecture designed to protect data privacy in a distributed network. PoIM enables the blockchain to persist data in a decentralized and provably immutable manner, without having to distribute the data among nodes.

Proof-of-Replication Proof-of-replication (PoRep) is the way that a storage miner proves to the network that they are storing an entirely unique copy of a piece of data.

Proof-of-Spacetime In simplest terms, PoSt means that someone can now guarantee that they are spending a certain amount of space for storage. 

Proof-of-Stake (PoS) A blockchain consensus mechanism in addition to Proof-of-Work that maintains the integrity of blockchain.

Proof-of-Validation Proof-of-validation (PoV) is a unique proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism that works to achieve consensus through staked validator nodes.

Proof-of-Work (PoW) A blockchain consensus mechanism involving solving of computationally intensive puzzles to validate transactions and create new blocks. *see Proof-of-Stake (PoS).

Protocol The set of rules that define interactions on a network, usually involving consensus, transaction validation, and network participation on a blockchain.

Protocol Layer A protocol layer of the blockchain is defined as the rules and processes that govern how the network will operate. This is where we can find the different algorithms that determine how consensus is achieved and who gets to create new blocks.

Pseudonymous Writing under a false name, such as “Satoshi Nakamoto.”

Public Address A public address is the cryptographic hash of a public key, allowing the user to use it as an address to request for payment.

Public Blockchain A blockchain that can be accessed by anyone.

Public Key A public key refers to a series of alphanumeric characters used to encrypt plain text messages into ciphertext.

Public Sale A public sale is the final stage of an ICO in which a company offers its token to the public at a significant discount before the token is listed on cryptocurrency exchanges.

Public-Key Cryptography Public-key cryptography is a collection of algorithms-based cryptographic procedures that are used to jumble secret data and make it look randomized.

Public-Key Infrastructure A public key infrastructure (PKI) is a collection of roles, rules, hardware, software, and processes for creating, managing, distributing, using, storing, and revoking digital certificates, as well as managing public-key encryption.

Pump and Dump (P&D) Scheme A form of fraud involving the artificial inflation of the price of a cryptocurrency with false and misleading positive statements.

Put Option A put option contract offers an owner the opportunity, but not the compulsion, to buy an underlying security at a certain price within a given time frame.

Pyramid Scheme A pyramid scheme is a scam with a hierarchical top-down structure.

QR Code A machine-readable label that shows information encoded into a graphical black-and-white pattern.

Quantum Bit (Qubit) A unit of measurement for the number of bits in quantum information, and is also called a "qubit."

Quantum Computing A computer that harnesses phenomena from quantum mechanics in order to perform much more efficient computations than older, classical computer technologies are capable of.

Quasar Smart Contract (OMG Foundation) A smart contract by OMG Network to solve layer-2 blockchain problems.

Quorum (Governance A quorum is the minimum number of members of an assembly or group that must be present at any of its meetings to make the proceedings of that meeting valid.

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a type of technology that uses radio waves to passively identify a tagged item or individual.

Rage-quit Rage-quit is the process where a member of a DAO exits part or all of their stake, leaves with a proportional share of the assets in the DAO’s treasury, and quits their participation.

Raiden Network An off-chain scaling solution aiming to enable near-instant, low-fee and scalable payments on the Ethereum blockchain, similar to Bitcoin's proposed Lightning Network.

Rank The relative position of a cryptocurrency by market capitalization.

Ransomware Ransomware is a type of malware used by hackers to steal or encrypt their victims’ files to extort them for a ransom in exchange for file decryption or restoration.

Rebalancing Rebalancing is the process of realigning the weightage of a portfolio of assets, that involves buying or selling assets periodically to maintain a targeted level of asset allocation and risk.

Rebase A token designed so that the circulating supply adjusts automatically according to price fluctuations.

Recovery Seed A recovery seed is a cryptographically derived security code composed of a list of random words, typically ranging between 12 and 14.

Redundancy The term refers to something that is in excess of that required for normal operation.

Regional/Local/Community Currencies A local currency is one that is spent in a certain geographical location. A regional currency refers to a local currency utilized in a larger area, and a community currency is often used within a specific community as a means of exchange.

Regulated Regulation is when something is controlled by a specific set of rules.

Regulatory Compliance Regulatory compliance is a set of mandates that every company or industry is required to follow to track accountability at work.

Rehypothecation Rehypothecation is the practice where banks, and even the brokers themselves, use assets that have been posted as collateral by their clients for their own purposes.

Rehypothecation Rehypothecation is a process where brokers use the assets collateralized by clients for their own benefit.

REKT A shorthand slang for “wrecked,” describing a bad loss in a trade.

Relative Strength Index (RSI) A form of technical analysis that serves as a momentum oscillator, measuring the speed and change of price movements.

Relay Chain The Relay Chain is the central chain that is used by the Polkadot network.

Relay Nodes Relay nodes help block-producing nodes communicate by guaranteeing that the authenticity of the core nodes and the blockchain is preserved, even if one or more relays are hacked.

Renewable Energy Renewable energy is derived from solar, wind, and other ‘indefinite’ resources or operations that are renewed on a regular basis.

Repair Miners Repair miners are a proposed type of mining node within the Filecoin network.

Replay Attack Replay attacks are network security attacks where the comms between a sender and receiver is intercepted.

Replicated Ledger A copy of a distributed ledger in a network that is distributed to all participants in a cryptocurrency network.

Resistance (Line/Level) The highest price level of an asset during a specific period.

Retargeting A retargeting algorithm, also referred to as a difficulty adjustment algorithm, is used on proof-of-work blockchains, such as Bitcoin. 

Revenue Participation Tokens Revenue participation tokens are a two token system that uses one participation token and one payout token.

Reverse Indicator A person whom you may use as an indicator of how not to place buy or sell orders because they are always wrong at predicting price movements of cryptocurrencies.

Ring CT (Confidential Transactions) RingCT is how transaction amounts are hidden in Monero.

Ring Miners Ring miners are network participants in the Loopring protocol who manage order rings and ensure trades are completed for all parties involved.

Ring Signature A cryptographic digital signature that obfuscates the identities of two parties within a transaction.

Roadmap A roadmap is a high-level visual summary that helps map out the vision as well as the direction of a specific product.

Roger Ver Roger Ver, also known as Bitcoin Jesus, has been a long-term proponent of Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash.

ROI Short for “Return on Investment,” the ratio between the net profit and cost of investing.

Roth IRA Roth IRAs are generally the best investment option when you think your taxes will be higher in retirement than they are now.

Rug Pull A rug pull is a type of scam where developers abandon a project and take their investors' money.

Satoshi (SATS) The smallest unit of bitcoin with a value of 0.00000001 BTC.

Satoshi Nakamoto The individual or group of individuals that created Bitcoin.

Scaling Problem The scaling problem is the limitations of a blockchain's transaction throughout and ability to have fast and low cast transactions.

Scaling Solution A scaling solution is a method of enable a system to expand.

Scam A scheme that is designed to dupe people out of cash or crypto.

Scamcoin Coins that are created as "get rich quick schemes" by their developers are referred to as a scamcoin. 

Scammer A scammer is someone that participates in a fraudulent scheme.

Script A computer script is a list of commands that are executed by a certain program or scripting language.

Scrypt An alternative proof-of-work (PoW) algorithm to SHA-256, used in Bitcoin mining. Scrypt mining relies more heavily on memory than on pure CPU power, aiming to reduce the advantage that ASICs have and hence increasing network participation and energy efficiency.

Second-Layer Solutions A set of solutions built on top of a public blockchain to extend its scalability and efficiency, especially for micro-transactions or actions. Examples include Plasma, TrueBit, Lightning Network and more.

Secondary Market A secondary market is a place where investors or traders can buy and sell different kinds of assets or securities that they own, with others.

Secure Element A secure element is a type of hardware chip that runs a specified number of applications.

Secure Multi-Party Computation (sMPC) SMPC is a subfield of cryptography that allows parties to compute a function while keeping the inputs private.

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) An independent agency of the United States federal government, responsible for enforcing federal securities laws, proposing securities rules, and regulating the securities industry, the nation's stock and options exchanges, and other related activities and organizations.

Security The term securities refers to a fungible and tradable financial instrument that carries a type of monetary value.

Security Token A security token is essentially a digital form of traditional securities.

Security Token Offering A security token offering (STO) is a public offering where tokenized digital securities are sold.

Seed Phrase A single starting point when deriving keys for a deterministic wallet.

Segregated Witness (SegWit) A Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) that aimed to fix transaction malleability on Bitcoin.

Selfish Mining A situation in which a miner mines a new block but does not broadcast this new block to the other miners.

Sell Wall A situation where a large limit order has been placed to sell when a cryptocurrency reaches a certain value.

Semantic Web The ambition of the Semantic Web is to enable computers to manipulate information on our behalf.

Settlement Settlement refers to the process in which a user executes limit or market orders on an order-book-based DEX.

Settlement Layer A settlement layer is a layer that essentially provides an anchor for an entire ecosystem.

Shard Essentially, a shard is a portion of a blockchain network that has been split into multiple shards, which has its own data.

Shard Chain In the world of cryptocurrencies, sharding can reduce the network congestion as well as increase transactions per second through the creation of new chains

Sharding Sharding is a scaling approach that enables splitting of blockchain states into partitions containing states and transaction history, so that each shard can be processed in parallel.

Shelley Phase The second era of Cardano – Shelley Phase is named after Percy Shelley, an English Poet.

Shielded Address A shielded address is generated for a shielded transaction, where a payment is made using the blockchain network by keeping the related information private.

Shilling The act of enthusiastically promoting a cryptocurrency or ICO project.

Shitcoin A coin with no obvious potential value or usage.

SHO (Strong Holder Offering) A strong holder offering (SHO) is a fundraising mechanism where eligible investors are chosen based on their on-chain activities and other proprietary data sets.

Short A trading technique in which a trader borrows an asset in order to sell it, with the expectation that the price will continue to decline. In the event that the price does decline, the short seller will then buy the asset at this lower price in order to return it to the lender of the asset, making the difference in profit.

Side Chain A blockchain ledger that runs in parallel to a primary blockchain, where there is a two-way link between the primary chain and sidechain.

Side Channel Attack A side channel attack is a hacking method that exploits a computer’s inherent “tells" that unintentionally convey information.

Signal Signals are a call to action to either buy or sell an asset.

SIM-Swap A type of scam that exploits two-factor authentication measures.

Simplified Payment Verification (SPV) A lightweight client to verify blockchain transactions.

Slippage Slippage happens when traders have to settle for a different price than what they initially requested due to a price movement.

Slot (Cardano) The smallest time period in the Cardano blockchain.

Smart Contract A smart contract is a computer protocol intended to facilitate, verify or enforce a contract on the blockchain without third parties.

Smart Contract Audit A smart contract audit is a security check done by cybersecurity professionals meant to ensure that the on-chain code behind a smart contract is devoid of bugs or security vulnerabilities.

Smart Token Smart tokens are simply regular tokens that not only transmit value they contain but also all the information needed to execute a transaction simultaneously.

Snapshot A snapshot in the blockchain world is the act of documenting the status of a blockchain at a specific block height.

Social Engineering Social engineering is the use of deception to manipulate people into performing an action or giving away their secret information.

Soft Cap The minimum amount that an initial coin offering (ICO) wants to raise.

Soft Fork (Blockchain) A protocol upgrade where only previously valid transactions are made invalid, with most soft forks requiring miners to upgrade their mining software.

Soft Peg In finance, a soft peg is a method of keeping the value of a currency within a certain range against a reserve currency by using an exchange rate regime.

Software Library A software library is a collection of code that can be referenced while developing other executable programs.

Software Stack Software stack refers to a set of software products or components that work together to provide a particular function.

Software Wallet A software wallet, also known as a wallet app, is an application that allows users to HODL, send, and receive cryptocurrencies.

Solidity The programming language used by Ethereum for developing smart contracts.

Source Code A collection of lines or computer-executable commands written in a high-level language is called a source code.

SPAC A special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) is formed by investors in order to publicly list an organization without going through the troubles that come with the traditional IPO process.

Speculative Investment Speculative investment is an investment where the investor expects a high return with a significant risk of loss.

Spoon (Blockchain) A hard spoon is a meta-protocol that exists on top of a blockchain.

Spot A contract or transaction buying or selling a cryptocurrency for immediate settlement, or payment and delivery, of the cryptocurrency on the market.

Spot Market A public market in which cryptocurrencies are traded for immediate settlement. It contrasts with a futures market, in which settlement is due at a later date.

Spot Trading Spot trading involves the immediate exchange of a financial instrument at the current price.

Spyware Spyware is a malware that records all of the activities on an electronic device.

Stablecoin A cryptocurrency with extremely low volatility, sometimes used as a means of portfolio diversification. Examples include gold-backed cryptocurrency or fiat-pegged cryptocurrency.

Staking Participation in a proof-of-stake (PoS) system to put your tokens in to serve as a validator to the blockchain and receive rewards.

Staking Pool Staking Pools allows users to combine their resources in order to increase their chances of earning rewards. This mechanism offers more staking power to the network to verify and validate new blocks.

Stale Block A block which was successfully mined but not included on the current longest blockchain, usually because another block at the same height was added to the chain first.

State Channel A second-layer scaling solution that reduces the total on-chain transactions necessary, moving the transactions off-chain and letting participants sign to the main chain after multiple off-chain transactions.

Stop-Loss Order A stop-loss order in trading allows investors to determine the lowest price at which they are willing to sell an asset and trigger an automatic sell order when and if this price is reached.

Storage (Decentralized) Decentralized storage refers to the concept of storing files online by splitting them into encrypted fragments and delegating these fragments to multiple nodes on a distributed network, e.g. a blockchain.

Storage Miners Storage miners are cryptocurrency miners who rely on offering sufficient storage space for nodes to reach consensus and validate transactions.

Store of Value A store of value is an asset, commodity or currency that can be saved, retrieved as well as exchanged in the future without it losing any value.

Substrate Substrate is a web app development framework developed by Parity Technologies.

Supercomputer A supercomputer is a superior version of a general-purpose computer, which has a significantly increased capacity and processing power.

Supply and Demand Supply and demand are the levels in an economy that determine the market's willingness to buy or sell assets or services, respectively.

Supply Chain A supply chain is the collection of steps that a product or service needs to go through before reaching the final customer.

Supply Chain Attack A supply chain attack is a tactic used by hackers to compromise third-party suppliers to major corporations, governments and organizations to gain valuable information.

Swarm A swarm is a group of peers that are sharing the same torrent.

Swing Failure Pattern (SFP) A swing failure pattern (SFP) is a trend reversal indicator that can be used to discover a weakness in the current trend and identify early reversal signs.

Swing Trading Swing trading is a market trading technique that aims to profit from short to medium-term price changes in stocks, commodities, and/or currencies over a period of days or weeks.

Symbol The ticker of a cryptocurrency; for example, Bitcoin's symbol is BTC.

Synthetic Asset Synthetic assets, sometimes referred to as synths, are a combination of cryptocurrencies and traditional derivative assets. In other words, synths are tokenized derivatives.

Taint The percentage of cryptocurrency in an account that can be traced to another account.

Tamper-Proof Ledger A tamper-proof ledger is essentially any system of records that has the fundamental properties of a blockchain distributed ledger.

Tangle The Tangle is a blockchain alternative developed by IOTA, using directed acyclic graphs which only builds in one single direction and in a way that it never repeats, and is quantum-computing resistant.

Taproot Taproot is an instantiation of a soft fork for Bitcoin, intended to both improve privacy and improve other aspects tied to more complex transactions.

Technical Analysis/Trend Analysis (TA) An evaluation method involving statistical analyses of market activity, such as price and volume. Charts and other tools are used to identify patterns to underpin and drive investment decisions.

Technical Indicators A technical indicator is a statistical algorithm or pattern-based indication based on a security's or contract's historical price, volume, and/or open interest.

Terahashes Per Second Terahashes per second (Th/s) is equivalent to 1 trillion (1,000,000,000,000) hashes per second, a unit that indicates the power of a computer or mining machine.

Testnet An alternative blockchain used by developers for testing.

The DAO The DAO is the first decentralized autonomous organization, which was created by a group of developers in April 2016.

Think Long Term (TLT) A mindset where you have a longer-term investment horizon of months to years.

Throughput Throughput is how many actions can be completed in a given time frame.

Ticker An abbreviation used to uniquely identify cryptocurrencies. *see Symbol.

Ticker Symbol The ticker symbol is the unique combination of letters assigned to stocks or cryptocurrencies that makes them distinguishable on exchanges and other trading applications.

Time-Weighted Automated Market Maker (TWAMM) Time-Weighted Automated Market Maker (TWAMM) aims to help traders execute large orders with minimal slippage and low gas fees without negatively affecting the price.

Time-weighted Average Price (TWAP) The time-weighted average price (TWAP) is a trading indicator based on weighted average price, which shows the average price of an asset as it rises and falls during a given or specific time period.

Timelock/Locktime A condition for a transaction to only be processed at a certain time or block on the blockchain.

Timestamp A form of identification for when a certain transaction occurred.

Tipset A tipset is a set, rather than a chain, of blocks that make up a blockchain. 

Token A digital unit designed with utility in mind, providing access and use of a larger crypto economic system.

Token Economy An economy of goods and services that can run without intermediaries and third parties with the help of the blockchain technology.

Token Generation Event (TGE) The time at which a token is issued.

Token Issuance Token issuance is the process of creating new tokens and adding them to the total token supply of a cryptocurrency.

Token Lockup Token lockup refers to a time period during which cryptocurrency tokens cannot be exchanged or traded.

Token Migration Token migration refers to the process of moving tokens from one blockchain to another as a result of a change in the blockchain.

Token Sale A token sale refers to the initial offering of a cryptocurrency token to a private pool of investors before it officially goes on the market.

Token Standard The most common token standard today is the Ethereum Request for Comment or ERC.

Token Swap Token swaps can refer to one of two things: 1. Direct exchange of a certain amount of one cryptocurrency token for another between users facilitated by a special exchange service. 2. Migration of a cryptocurrency token built on top of one blockchain platform to a different blockchain.

Tokenize The process by which real-world assets are turned into something of digital value called a token, often subsequently able to offer ownership of parts of this asset to different owners.

Tokenized Securities Tokenized securities are when the ownership of a security is materialized through the issuance of a token.

Tokenized Stocks Tokenized Stocks are the digital assets that are traded on exchanges using blockchain technology.

Tokenomics Tokenomics is the science of token economy which consists of a set of rules that governs a cryptocurrency's issuance and supply.

TokenSets (Set Protocol) TokenSets is a Set Protocol-based decentralized platform for crypto portfolio management.

Toll Bridge A toll bridge is a bridge powered by a smart contract where a monetary value called a toll fee unlocks access to extra functionalities.

Tor Tor is a decentralized network that anonymizes users' web traffic by encrypting it and routing it through a series of relays before it reaches its final destination.

Total Exchange Volume Total exchange volume is a measure of the total value that has been traded on an exchange(s).

Total Supply The total amount of coins in existence right now, minus any coins that have been verifiably burned. *see Circulating Supply and Max Supply.

Total Value Locked (TVL) Тotal value locked represents the number of assets that are currently being staked in a specific protocol.

Trade Volume The amount of the cryptocurrency that has been traded in the last 24 hours.

Trading Bot A crypto trading bot is essentially a program that is designed to automate cryptocurrency asset trading on the behalf of the trader.

Trading Tournament Trading tournaments are unique crypto trading campaigns organized by cryptocurrency exchanges, encouraging users to trade more to win incentives, such as tokens, hardware wallets and more/

Trading Volume Тrading volume refers to the total number of shares (or tokens/coins) that have been exchanged between buyers and sellers of a given asset during trading hours of a certain day.

TradingView TradingView is an online web-based platform that provides investors and traders with a user-friendly interface to analyze financial markets using charts and technical indicators.

Transaction (TX) The act of exchanging cryptocurrencies on a blockchain.

Transaction Fee A payment for using the blockchain to transact.

Transaction Triggers Triggers can be set up on a blockchain, which group various transactions together to be executed when the designated conditions are met.

Transactions Per Second Transactions per second (TPS) is a measure of a computer system's (or network's) capacity to perform transactions or calculations in a second.

TRC-10 (TRON) TRC10 is a technological token standard that does not require the TRON Virtual Machine and is backed by the TRON blockchain network (TVM).

Treasury Bills (T-Bills) Treasury bills (T-Bills) are short-term U.S. government debt obligations.

Treasury Bond (T-Bond) The treasury bond is a debt security issued by the United States government that is backed by the "full faith and credit" of the U.S. Treasury Department.

Trojan A trojan is a type of malware that is often disguised as legitimate software.

Truffle For blockchains using EVM, truffle acts as a development environment and a testing framework, a widely used tool for blockchain application development.

Trust A trust is a fiduciary relationship in which one party, known as a trustor, gives another party, the trustee, the right to hold title to property or assets for the benefit of a third party, the beneficiary.

Trustless An environment where there is no centralized authority.

Turing-Complete A system that in principle could be able to solve any computation problem.

Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) Two-factor authentication (2FA) is method of access that requires two different forms of authentication.

Type Checking A process in programming languages to verify whether or not each operation in the program is in accordance with the type declaration rules of the language.

TypeScript Programming Language TypeScript programming language is a more advanced version of JavaScript that includes more functionality.

Typosquatting Typosquatting is a deceptive practice used by scammers to trick people into entering a counterfeit website and compromising their private information.

Unconfirmed A state in which a transaction has not been appended to the blockchain.

UNI Token A native governance token of Uniswap, the largest decentralized exchange at the time of writing.

United States House Committee on Financial Services The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services is a committee of the United States House of Representatives that oversees all components of the US’s financial and housing services.

Unpermissioned Ledger A public ledger that is open to anyone, without being controlled by a single owner.

Unrealized Profit & Loss Unrealized profit and loss occur when you have a position open in a security that has appreciated or depreciated in value.

Unregulated Something that isn’t controlled by a centralized authority or a governing intuition.

Unspent Transaction Output (UTXO) A transaction that is left unspent after being completed, similar to leftover change after making a purchase.

Unstoppable Domains Unstoppable Domains is the name of a San-Francisco based company that provides blockchain-based domain names to users.

US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) The US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is a financial intelligence and enforcement agency of the US Treasury Department.

User Interface The user interface is the user’s interaction with a website or application using a digital device.

UTC Time Coordinated Universal Time.

Utility Token Tokens that are designed specifically to be able to help people use something.

Validator A participant on a proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain, involved in validating blocks for rewards.

Vanity Address A cryptocurrency public address with custom letters and numbers, usually picked by its owner.

Vaporware A cryptocurrency project that is never actually developed.

Venture Capital A form of private equity provided to fund small, early-stage firms considered to have high growth potential.

Verification Code A verification code is a security protection method that is used to avoid internet bots from abusing or even spamming various online services. 

Vesting Period The act of restricting the sale of a token for a particular period of time.

Virgin Bitcoin A bitcoin that has never been spent.

Virtual Automated Market Makers (vAMMs) A virtual Automated Market Maker (vAMM) is a system that provides synthetic (or virtual) liquidity, allowing traders to buy and sell derivatives entirely on the blockchain.

Virtual Private Network (VPN) A virtual private network (VPN) is a technology that creates a safe and encrypted network from a public internet connection – giving you anonymity and privacy.

Virtual Reality (VR) Virtual reality (VR) technology is used to simulate an immersive artificial world that can mimic or transcend reality. V

Volatility A statistical measure of dispersion of returns, measured by using the standard deviation or variance between returns from that same security or market index.

Volume How much cryptocurrency has been traded over a set period, such as the past 24 hours.

Wallet A place where cryptocurrency users can store, send and receive digital assets.

Wash Trade A form of market manipulation in which investors create artificial activity in the marketplace by simultaneously selling and buying the same cryptocurrencies.

Watchlist A watchlist is a feature of the website where users can create their own lists of cryptocurrencies to follow. Alternative definition A watchlist is a set of pages a user has selected to monitor for changes.

Weak Hands An investor prone to panic selling at the first sign of a price decline.

Web 1.0 Web 1.0 is a term that is often used to describe the early version of the internet.

Web 2.0 Web 2.0 describes the current state of the web, which supports more user-generated content and stability for front-end users than its predecessor, Web 1.0

Web 3.0 Web 3.0 is the coming generation of the internet.

Web3 Foundation The Web3 Foundation was created to foster new technologies and applications in the field of decentralized web software protocols.

WebSocket WebSocket enables two-way communication between a client (e.g., a web browser) and a server (which can be either an HTTP server or another WebSocket server).

Wei The smallest fraction of an Ether, with each Ether to 1000000000000000000 Wei.

Whale A term used to describe investors who have uncommonly large amounts of crypto, especially those with enough funds to manipulate the market.

What Is the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)? The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is a U.S. bureau that analyzes financial transactions to prevent financial crimes.

When Moon A phrase used to ask when the price of cryptocurrencies will explode.

White Hat Computer Hacker White hat hackers use their skills to improve security by exposing vulnerabilities before malicious hackers (known as black hat hackers) can detect and exploit them.

White Label White Labeling allows a company to customize an existing product framework in order to rebrand and resell this product as their own.

Whitelist A list of interested participants in an initial coin offering, who registered their intent to take part or purchase in a sale.

Whitepaper A document released by a crypto project that gives investors technical information about its concept, and a roadmap for how it plans to grow and succeed.

Winding Down Winding down is the process of unwrapping tokens back to their original form in DeFi.

Winding Up In decentralized finance (DeFi), winding up essentially means wrapping crypto tokens through various projects in order to find the best yield. 

Yield Curve The yield curve is a line that plots the relationship between yields and maturities of fixed income securities.

Yield Farming Yield farming involves earning interest by investing crypto in decentralized finance markets.

Yield Sensitivity Yield sensitivity or interest rate sensitivity is a measure of how much a fixed income asset’s price changes due to the fluctuation in interest rates.

YTD Stands for Year to Date.

Zero Confirmation Transaction Alternative phrasing for an unconfirmed transaction.

Zero Confirmation/Unconfirmed Transaction A zero confirmation or unconfirmed transaction is defined as an exchange that has not yet been recorded or verified on the blockchain