Your comprehensive glossary to understanding the language of the decentralized web.
A string of characters that represents a destination for a crypto transaction.
A marketing strategy where free tokens are sent to wallet addresses to drive awareness.
Any cryptocurrency other than Bitcoin.
A container for a batch of transactions on the blockchain.
A distributed ledger technology where data is stored in blocks linked together.
A protocol that allows independent blockchains to exchange data and value.
Decentralized Autonomous Organization. An organization represented by rules encoded as a computer program that is transparent, controlled by the organization members and not influenced by a central government.
Decentralized Application. An application that runs on a blockchain network.
Decentralized Finance. Financial services built on top of distributed networks with no central intermediaries.
A fee paid to process a transaction or execute a contract on the Ethereum blockchain.
A slang term for holding cryptocurrency rather than selling it. Originated from a typo of 'hold'.
A secondary protocol built on top of an existing blockchain system (Layer 1) to improve scalability and efficiency.
The process of validating information, creating a new block, and recording that information into the blockchain.
Non-Fungible Token. A unique digital identifier that cannot be copied, substituted, or subdivided, that is recorded in a blockchain, and that is used to certify authenticity and ownership.
A series of words generated by your cryptocurrency wallet that give you access to the crypto associated with that wallet.
Self-executing contracts with the terms of the agreement between buyer and seller being directly written into lines of code.
A digital asset issued on a blockchain.
A software or hardware tool that stores public and private keys and interacts with various blockchains.
The next iteration of the World Wide Web, incorporating concepts such as decentralization, blockchain technologies, and token-based economics.
An individual or entity that holds a large amount of cryptocurrency.
