Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Dictionary

Terms commonly used in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrency

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ICO

This is a format for attracting investments in which the organization sells part of its assets (tokens) in exchange for cryptocurrencies. ICO is an analogue of an IPO in the cryptocurrency market, only instead of shares/bonds are used project tokens. Who (Wallet Holder Offering) - a type of ICO, which is carried out only by owners of certain wallets

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Flip

This is a crypto -investor strategy entitled "Remove cryptocurrency, sell it, as soon as possible and forget it

Boyarin

Аn investor who made more x20 and earned a large amount of money an investor who received a large number of tokens due to the performance of activities (for example, twin), which has grown strongly in price Slove - the opposite of boyar - a person who does not have a large portfolio

Pending

This is the stage of waiting for a transaction. For example, the user sent funds to another wallet, but immediately this transfer will not occur, because for some time this transaction is checked by special services, and is in processing. On the user side, this transaction will be marked with "Pending".

Hodl

This is a crypto -investor strategy entitled "Remove cryptocurrency and keep it, no matter what." This term was formed in distant cryptocurrency times, when one of the users of the network made a typo in the word "Hold" (hold). The story was encouraged and became a meme, and the word migrated to the slang of the crypto -investor. It is permissible to use both options: Hold and Hodl. Holding (worthwhile) means holding cryptocurrency on the wallet and not selling. Holder (Kholer) an investor who adheres to this strategy.

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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