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Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Dictionary

A complete list of crypto definitions

Cryptocurrency and blockchain glossary

Commonly used terms in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrency

Terms commonly used in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrency

ERC-721

This is a standard for non -replaceable tokens (NFT) in the Ethereum network. Each separate token ERC-721 is unique in its own way and cannot be replaced by another token. This type of tokens is used for collecting, real estate, paintings and art as a whole.

Other Important Terms

Double Spending

With digital currency, there is a risk that the holder could make a copy of the digital token and send it to a merchant or another party while retaining the original.

Cliff

This is a period of locking tokens. As a rule, tokens are not given to investors all at once, but in several portions - butter. For each butch, the deadlines and the number of tokens are indicated. So temporary segments between the battles can be called cliffs. For example, the conditions of the sank is as follows: 50% of the tokens will be issued in TG (first butch), then cliff (blocking) for two months, then another 25% and again for six months, etc.

Anti-Money Laundering

AML is the abbreviation for ‘anti-money laundering’. AML stands for policy and legislation on money laundering. This prevents illegally acquired funds from being converted into a legal variant. Within the crypto world, it is no longer unusual for AML techniques to be used by exchanges and wallets. This term is often used as AML/KYC, where KYC stands for ‘Know your customer’.

Bullish

Bullish (from the English. Bullish - bull) The term that means optimistic mood and faith in the development of a separate token, project or the entire market.

Short

This is a transaction that is carried out in order to earn money to reduce the cost of a cryptocurrency asset. The algorithm of actions is as follows: 1) The trader believes that the price for token x will begin to fall in the near future, so it occupies a certain amount of these tokens on the bail of its own funds and immediately sells tokens X on the exchange 2) then patiently waits until the price for token x falls to a certain mark 3) As soon as this happens, the trader redeems X tokens at a lower price and returns their exchange Profit: The difference between the price of the sale and the purchase price.

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