Crypto
Bitcoin, on-chain data, DeFi and how crypto markets work.
- AltcoinAny cryptocurrency other than Bitcoin.
- Bitcoin (BTC)The first and largest cryptocurrency, with a fixed supply of 21 million coins.
- Bitcoin dominanceBitcoin's share of the total crypto market value.
- Bitcoin halvingA scheduled event that cuts the reward for mining new Bitcoin blocks in half.
- BlockchainA shared, tamper-resistant ledger made of linked blocks of transactions.
- Cold wallet (self-custody)A wallet whose private keys are kept offline, such as on a hardware device.
- Crypto Fear & Greed IndexA 0 to 100 sentiment score for the crypto market built from several inputs.
- DeFi (Decentralized Finance)Financial services such as lending and trading built on blockchains without a central intermediary.
- DEX (decentralized exchange)An exchange that runs as smart contracts, where you trade from your own wallet.
- Funding rateA periodic payment between long and short traders in perpetual futures that keeps their price near spot.
- HashrateThe total computing power being used to mine Bitcoin.
- Liquidation (crypto)The forced closing of a leveraged position when its margin runs out.
- On-chain dataInformation read straight from the blockchain, such as transaction volume and wallet balances.
- Private keyThe secret code that proves ownership of crypto and authorizes spending it.
- Proof of stakeA way of securing a blockchain where validators lock up coins as collateral.
- Proof of workA way of securing a blockchain where miners compete using computing power.
- Rug pullA scam where project creators take investors' money and abandon the project.
- Smart contractA program on a blockchain that runs automatically when its conditions are met.
- StablecoinA cryptocurrency designed to hold a steady value, usually one US dollar.
- StakingLocking up coins to help secure a proof-of-stake network in return for rewards.
- TokenomicsThe economic design of a cryptocurrency: its supply, distribution and incentives.
- WhaleA holder with enough coins to move the market with a single trade.
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