Anatoly Yakovenko
Anatoly Yakovenko is the CEO and Co-founder of Solana and was a Senior Staff Engineer Manager at Qualcomm. He is an expert in VoIP, SIP and RTP protocol stacks,...
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A 51% attack is a potential threat to blockchains, where a group controls over 50% of network hash power, theoretically allowing blockchain modification.
AI Coins are a type of cryptocurrency that blend blockchain technology with artificial intelligence, powering projects that advance or integrate AI solutions.
The Annual Percentage Rate (APR) is a yearly rate indicating the total cost of an investment, including interest and fees, expressed as a percentage.
Annual Percentage Yield (APY) is the compounded yearly return on an investment, often used in cryptocurrency and DeFi, yielding profits higher than APR.
SPL-20, abbreviated for Solana Program Library-20, stands as a standardized token format within the Solana blockchain ecosystem.
A bear market refers to a period when cryptocurrency prices are falling or expected to fall, often driven by investor pessimism and over-supply.
BEP-2 is a technical standard for the issuance and implementation of tokens on the Binance chain, defining rules for functioning in the BNB Chain ecosystem.
BEP-95 is a Binance Evolution Proposal that introduces a real-time burning mechanism of gas fees on BNB Chain to boost Tokenomics and decentralization.
BRC-20 is a Bitcoin-based token standard for Ordinals, enabling the creation, minting, and transfer of fungible tokens similar to Ethereum's ERC-20.
A bull market is a period of continuously rising asset prices, typically driven by a strong economy, high employment, and positive investor sentiment.
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) refers to a financial system using blockchain and smart contracts to offer transparent services without central authorities.
Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS) is a consensus mechanism where network users elect delegates to validate blockchain transactions and establish protocol rules.
A derivative in cryptocurrency is a financial tool that derives its value from an underlying asset, allowing traders to capitalise on market trends.
ERC-223 is an Ethereum-based token standard, an upgrade of ERC-20, allowing secure token transfers into digital wallets and solving the ERC-20 bug.
ERC-4626 is a standard protocol for tokenized vaults on the Ethereum blockchain, aimed at unifying technical parameters and facilitating interoperability.
A liquidity pool, is a pool of tokens that are locked in a smart contract.
In the cryptocurrency and DeFi industry, the term Liquidity Providers refers to DEX users who fund a liquidity pool.
Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) is a cryptographic method that validates a statement's truth without revealing any extra information beyond its veracity.
Leverage, in finance, refers to the use of borrowed capital to amplify potential returns from trading financial assets, such as cryptocurrency.
An "anon" refers to a pseudonymous or anonymous participant in the cryptocurrency or blockchain community, originally derived from internet cultures like 4chan.
Proof-of-Time (PoT) is a consensus algorithm enhancing blockchain efficiency and security through time-based validation and fixed staking.
Slippage is the difference between the expected and actual trading price, impacted by market volatility, liquidity, and rapid price movements.
Tokenomics is the study of how cryptocurrencies work within the broader ecosystem.
TRC-20 is a token standard on the TRON blockchain for deploying smart contracts and creating fungible tokens, ensuring ecosystem compatibility.
Unspent Transaction Output (UTXO) is the remaining amount of cryptocurrency after a transaction, available for use in future transactions.
A Utility Token is a digital asset used within a specific blockchain platform, providing users access to a set of functionalities or services.
Yield farming is a DeFi term for leveraging DeFi protocols and products to generate high
An airdrop is a cryptocurrency marketing tactic that involves distributing free coins or tokens to wallet addresses of active members in a blockchain community.
AI Agents are ML-driven programs that interact with blockchain ecosystems to automate trading, smart-contract actions, DeFi operations, analytics, and governance, while raising security, transparency, and ethical concerns.
Altcoin is any cryptocurrency other than Bitcoin, introduced as alternative options, providing various features like improved transaction speed and energy efficiency, plus new functions like stablecoins, governance, and smart contracts
Anti-Money Laundering (AML) encompasses policies, laws, and regulations designed to prevent criminals from disguising illegally obtained funds as legitimate income, requiring crypto exchanges to verify identities and report suspicious activity.
zkLLM combines zero-knowledge proofs with large language models to enhance privacy and scalability in AI, enabling secure data processing without revealing sensitive inputs or model parameters, while producing verifiable proofs of authenticity.
A trading fee is a commission charged by a cryptocurrency exchange for conducting transactions, calculated as a percentage of transaction value or based on trading volume via tiered maker-taker structures, and a main revenue source for exchanges.
An Automated Market Maker (AMM) is a decentralized trading system enabling cryptocurrency trading through smart contracts and liquidity pools, replacing traditional order books with a mathematical pricing formula to value assets automatically.
BEP-20 is a BNB Chain token standard derived from ERC-20, aimed at optimizing efficiency and transaction costs while providing a framework for various token creation, supporting stablecoins, utility, and security tokens on the BNB Chain.
Block Reward is the incentive given to cryptocurrency miners, stakers or validators for successfully securing or updating a blockchain, typically paid in the native token, as the main incentive for participation and to issue newly minted coins.
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The wiki page for Chainflip has been updated.
Chainflip is a cross-chain decentralized exchange protocol that enables native asset swaps between major blockchains without wrapped tokens or custodial bridges.
A new wiki page for Chainflip has been created.
Chainflip is a cross-chain decentralized exchange protocol that enables native asset swaps between major blockchains without wrapped tokens or custodial bridges.
The wiki page for VeThor has been updated.
VeThor (VTHO) is a cryptoasset token that serves as the gas/utility token of the VeChainThor blockchain, used to pay transaction and smart-contract fees and to reward validators and delegators; its supply is dynamically issued and partially burned.
The wiki page for Folks Finance has been updated.
Folks Finance is a crosschain decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol that enables users to lend, borrow, stake, and manage digital assets across multiple blockchains via unified liquidity and native multichain tokens.
A new wiki page for VeThor has been created.
VeThor (VTHO) is a cryptoasset token that serves as the gas/utility token of the VeChainThor blockchain, used to pay transaction and smart-contract fees and to reward validators and delegators; its supply is dynamically issued and partially burned.