Beginner
Altcoin
An altcoin is an "alternative coin" or a cryptocurrency launched after Bitcoin. The term “altcoin” thus refers ...
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Bitcoin
Bitcoin is the first and most important cryptocurrency. The anonymous Satoshi Nakamoto invented and ...
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Satoshi Nakamoto
Satoshi Nakamoto is the pseudonymous person or group responsible for creating the bitcoin protocol. Satoshi Nakamoto ...
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HODL
"Hodl" is a phrase that refers to holding and not selling cryptocurrency. The term is derived from a post on Bitcointalk ...
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Black swan event
A black swan event refers to an unpredictable event that...
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Wallet
A cryptocurrency wallet is a device or service that stores...
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Volatility
Volatility is the degree to which the price of a crypto coin or...
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Stablecoin
A stablecoin is a digital currency whose value remains the same...
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Software wallet
A software wallet is a kind of digital wallet in which a user's...
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Shitcoin
With shitcoin, people refer to coins that are of...
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Seed phrase
A seed phrase is a collection of 12 or 24 words that...
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Scalability
Scalability in blockchain technology is the ability of a blockchain network to...
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Private sale
A private sale token is similar to a pre-sale token...
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Private key
The private key is a long code like the public key...
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Pre-sale
A pre-sale token is a token that is not yet available through...
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Pyramid game
Pyramid game is seen as a way of scamming. People at the top of...
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Phishing
Phishing is digital scam...
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Native token
A native token is the original cryptocurrency of a blockchain network...
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Metaverse
Metaverse is an umbrella term for the online world where everything...
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Miner
Miners are an essential part of any Proof-of-Work (PoW) blockchain consensus protocol and...
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Liquidity
In the crypto context, liquidity means the...
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Ledger (two meanings)
A ledger is a commonly used term in the crypto world...
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Intrinsic value
The value that an object, company or digital property has in itself...
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Inflation
Inflation refers to the gradual rise of prices in an economy relative to...
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Hardware wallet
A hardware wallet is a kind of wallet / bank account on which crypto...
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Hacker
Computer hackers are often malicious individuals who try to break into...
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Genesis block
The first block of a blockchain. Genesis refers to "creation"...
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Finfluencer
This term was coined for influencers who influence...
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Fiat currency
Fiat currency is a term that refers to any currency used by a...
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Deflation
The opposite of inflation. The scarcity of, for example, money or crypto...
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DEX (Decentralized Exchange)
An open-source trading platform controlled by computer code and a decentralized community...
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DAO (Decentralized Autonomous organization)
A DAO is an organization or company that is managed decentrally...
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Central Exchange (CEX)
A traditional trading platform operated by a company...
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Bull-Market
A period when a market, instrument or sector shows a strong...
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Blockchain
A blockchain is a public ledger maintained by a peer-to-peer network...
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Bear-Market
A period when a market, instrument or sector shows a strong...
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All-time low (ATL)
All-time low (ATL) is a term used when a price reaches the...
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All-time high (ATH)
All-time high (ATH) is a term used when a price reaches the...
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Algorithm
An algorithm is a very broad concept. Perhaps best described as instructions for a computer to...
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51% attack
A 51% attack is a scenario in which 50% of the nodes within a blockchain network are...
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Intermediate
Whitepaper
Whitepapers are widely used for new crypto projects. It’s a document where the project is extensively ...
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Staking
Staking is the process by which a user of a blockchain network "stakes" or locks their cryptocurrency assets to a network ...
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Whale
An address on the blockchain that holds a large number of crypto...
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Validator
In the context of blockchain technology, a validator is the one responsible for...
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Smart contract
A smart contract is a kind of digital contract in a blockchain that executes itself...
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Rollups
A technology to perform faster and more blockchain transactions...
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Peer-to-Peer
A peer-to-peer (P2P) network structure related to blockchain technology is generally...
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Oracles
Oracles are third-party information providers that send real-world...
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Node
Also called node. In blockchain technology, a node is...
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NFT
An NFT is a unique ownership token on the blockchain...
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Hard fork
A hard fork is a software update that is not backwards compatible...
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Halving
The bitcoin halving is the halving of the amount of...
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Gas
The cost associated with handling and executing smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain is called gas...
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Flippening
Flippening is a term speculators use for the exchange of...
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ERC-20
The ERC-20 standard describes the technical specifications requirements that...
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Dino (Decentralized In Name Only)
This term refers to crypto projects that pretend to be decentralized...
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Decentralization
In many ways, decentralization is the defining characteristic of blockchain technology...
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Consensus mechanism
When a transaction takes place in a blockchain network, the status of the transaction must be...
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Cold Wallet
A cold wallet is a cryptocurrency wallet that is not connected to the internet...
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Expert
Zero-knowledge proofs
A way to prove to another party that a certain statement is true, without having ...
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Web3
The term Web 3.0 refers to a vision of the third generation of computers...
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Web3 Foundation
The Web3 Foundation is a Swiss-based foundation dedicated...
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TRC-20
TRC-20 is a smart contract standard for token...
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Snapshot
A snapshot means a snapshot of the distribution of all tokens of...
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Sharding
Sharding is a mechanism used to divide a blockchain network...
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Proof-of-Work (POW)
Proof of Work (PoW) is a blockchain consensus mechanism first...
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Proof-of-Stake (POS)
Proof of Stake (PoS) is one of the most widely used blockchain consensus mechanisms...
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Poap (Proof of attendance protocol)
Poaps are a special kind of NFTs. You can see it as...
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Dapps (Decentralized application)
A decentralized application - or dApp - uses blockchain technology to address use cases...
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