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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

Altcoin

An altcoin is any cryptocurrency or token created after the Bitcoin was developed.

Other Important Terms

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

Pool

1) Mining Pool (Mining Pool) is the association of miners in order to simplify the production of cryptocurrencies. 2) Poole as a common fund. Investors create similar funds, invest their resources (this is not necessarily money, possibly investing their own time) in this fund and on behalf of the fund invest, for example, through tokens. The allocation won is distributed between the participants in the pool in proportion to the invested resources.        

Tao

"Decentralized autonomous organization", which is controlled by smart contracts. DAO does not imply a hierarchy, the organization’s data operate transparently according to the rules prescribed in the code. In order to become a member of the DAO and have the right to vote, it is necessary to purchase native tokens, the more tokens, the greater the weight has the voice.

ERC-20

This is a standard, a certain set of rules that allows developers to create tokens over the Ethereum blockchain. These tokens are known as ERC-20 tokens. The ERC-20 standard is the most common in the cryptocurrency industry today.

Activity

A certain procedure in which you need to participate in order to receive projects at an early stage (subscribe to social networks, fill out the form/glimas, participate in the twist, raise the node, participate in the Ambassador program, come to the shade, participate in the lottery on the tokensele)

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