Navigate the dynamic world of blockchain and cryptocurrency with our comprehensive glossary. It's designed for everyone, whether you're a beginner, trader, developer, or simply someone curious about crypto.
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Bitcoin ETFs are exchange-traded funds that track Bitcoin's value, allowing investors to invest in Bitcoin via traditional market exchanges rather than cryptocu...
Bitcoin Gold (BTG) is a hard fork of Bitcoin designed for decentralized GPU mining, eliminating ASIC dominance and reflecting Satoshi Nakamoto’s original vision...
Blockchain is a decentralized digital ledger that records transactions across many computers, ensuring secure, unalterable, and verifiable transactions without ...
Bored Ape Yacht Club is a collection of 10,000 unique digital collectibles or Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), hosted on the Ethereum blockchain.
Bribes in DeFi are rewards given to governance token holders to incentivize votes that increase liquidity and emissions for specific pools on platforms like Cur...
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Coinbase is a San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange platform for buying, selling, and storing digital currencies, boasting over 90 million users worldwide...
A Cryptographic Hash Function (CHF) is a mathematical algorithm that validates data integrity and secures blockchain transactions by producing unique, fixed-len...
Curve Finance (CRV) is a cryptocurrency exchange platform and liquidity pool on Ethereum.
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DAI is a decentralized stablecoin by MakerDAO on Ethereum, maintaining a 1:1 value with USD, backed by collateralized cryptocurrency assets.
Decentralized Applications (dApp) are open-source applications that run on blockchain networks, offering transparency and security, funded by a tokenized system...
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) are blockchain-based entities governed by code and token holders, operating without central government influence.
A Decentralized Exchange (DEX) is a peer-to-peer platform enabling direct cryptocurrency trades via blockchain, utilizing smart contracts to eliminate intermedi...
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) refers to a financial system using blockchain and smart contracts to offer transparent services without central authorities.
DePIN (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network) leverages blockchain for decentralized control and ownership of physical infrastructure, enhancing transpa...
A Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) is a graph with directed edges and no cycles, representing dependencies where each node points only in one direction.
Dogecoin is a decentralized, peer-to-peer digital currency featuring "Doge" meme imagery, known for its rapid value growth and broad online community.
DYOR, which stands for "Do Your Own Research," is a term commonly used in the cryptocurrency community. It
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EIP-4444 is an Ethereum Improvement Proposal aimed at reducing storage requirements for full nodes by purging data older than a year, also known as "The Purge".
Ethereum is a decentralized, open-source blockchain enabling smart contracts, NFTs, and various applications, powered by its native token Ether (ETH).
Ethereum ETFs are regulated funds traded on traditional exchanges that track Ethereum's value, providing indirect exposure without owning the cryptocurrency its...
Ethereum Name Service (ENS) is a decentralized, open-source system enabling human-readable names for Ethereum addresses, functioning like Domain Name System (DN...
The Ethereum Pectra Upgrade is an upcoming hard fork introducing smart contract capabilities to crypto wallets and other improvements for scalability and effici...
The Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) is a decentralized computation engine executing smart contracts on the Ethereum network, enforcing code consistency and thwar...
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An Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is a fundraising tool used by blockchain projects to raise capital by issuing digital tokens in exchange for legal tender or othe...
The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) is a decentralized protocol for resilient, distributed file storage and sharing, developed by Juan Benet in 2014.
ISO 20022 is an international standard established by ISO for transferring financial data digitally between financial institutions to increase interoperability ...
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Layer 0 protocols underpin Layer 1 blockchains, enhancing scalability and interoperability, and enabling customized Layer 1 blockchain development.
Layer 1 blockchains are foundational networks enabling direct transaction execution, decentralized applications, and smart contracts with consensus mechanisms e...
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Panoramic Governance (PG) enhances governance and protocol growth in Layer 2 blockchains, incentivizing participants via sequencer fees and token allocation.
Privacy Pools are a smart contract-based tool enhancing transaction privacy on blockchain, by allowing users to prove funds legitimacy without revealing their t...
Proof of Authority (PoA) is a blockchain consensus mechanism where authorized validators produce blocks, ensuring fast transactions with identity-based accounta...
Proof of stake (PoS) is a type of consensus algorithm by which a cryptocurrency blockchain network aims to achieve distributed..
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Satoshi Nakamoto is the anonymous creator of Bitcoin and the first blockchain database, and is speculated to own approximately one million bitcoins.
Sidechain is an independent blockchain linked to a mainchain, allowing transfers of digital assets between them, thus introducing innovative cryptocurrency syst...
SKY is the native currency and upgraded governance token of the rebranded Sky Protocol, formerly known as MakerDAO.
Solana ETFs are funds that track Solana's performance on traditional exchanges, offering regulated exposure without direct ownership of the cryptocurrency.
Solidity is a contract-oriented programming language created by the Ethereum Network team for developing smart contracts and DApps on blockchain networks.
SPL-20, abbreviated for Solana Program Library-20, stands as a standardized token format within the Solana blockchain ecosystem.
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Tether (USDT) is a stablecoin cryptocurrency pegged 1:1 to the US Dollar, facilitating stable transactions and arbitrage in the crypto market.
The Crypto Times, run by Protocols and Tokens Private Limited, is an Indian news platform delivering breaking news and insights about Bitcoin and blockchain tec...
TRC-20 is a token standard on the TRON blockchain for deploying smart contracts and creating fungible tokens, ensuring ecosystem compatibility.
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