A cryptographic method for exchanges to prove they hold enough assets to cover all customer deposits.
A cryptographic method for exchanges to prove they hold enough assets to cover all customer deposits. After FTX's collapse, proof of reserves became a standard expectation for centralized exchanges. Merkle tree-based proofs let users verify their account is included without revealing everyone else's balances.
A cryptocurrency exchange run by a company that holds your funds and matches orders.
A data structure used to efficiently verify large datasets.
Holding your own private keys rather than trusting an exchange or service to hold them.
A scam where attackers send tiny transactions from addresses that look similar to ones you've interacted with, hoping you'll accidentally copy the wrong address from your transaction history.
The intersection of artificial intelligence and blockchain technology.
A marketing strategy where crypto projects distribute free tokens to wallet addresses.
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