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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

IRL

The abbreviation denoting what is happening in real life (outside the Internet) - is used in correspondence or as a hashtag on a tweeter

Other Important Terms

Degen

This is an investor who does not have competencies, skills and experience in the field of investment, in connection with which he makes many mistakes and invests anywhere, ignoring the study of projects and investment strategy.

Wall

A huge order for a purchase or sale that can stop, respectively, a growth or fall in the course. It happens that the walls are the manipulation of whales to confuse hamsters.      

Pump and dumps

This is a strategy, the essence of which is to increase the cost of the coin (smell), and then sell, that is, drop the coin (ask).

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations

DAO is an abbreviation of ‘Decentralised Autonomous Organization’. This is basically an organisation that runs automatically on itself without any human interventions. The work is automatically excecuted through Smart contracts.

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.

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