Crypto & Finance Glossary

The full version of Ethereum's data scaling plan, which proto-danksharding (EIP-4844) partially implements.

An organization run by code and governed by token holders instead of a traditional management structure.

An application that runs on a blockchain rather than centralized servers.

A private trading venue where large orders are executed without showing up on public order books.

The guarantee that transaction data is published and accessible to anyone who needs to verify it.

A specialized blockchain or service that stores transaction data so anyone can verify it, without handling execution.

A technique that lets nodes verify data availability without downloading all of it by randomly sampling small portions.

A temporary recovery in price during a larger downtrend.

A bearish technical pattern where the 50-day moving average crosses below the 200-day moving average.

Not controlled by any single entity, authority, or server.

A network of distributed GPU and CPU providers that offer computing power for AI training, inference, and rendering without relying on centralized cloud providers like AWS or Google Cloud.

A system where you control your own digital identity using blockchain instead of relying on companies like Google or Facebook.

Financial services built on blockchain without traditional intermediaries.

Emerging regulatory approaches to decentralized finance protocols.

When prices across the economy decline over time, increasing money's purchasing power.

Short for 'degenerate gambler,' now used affectionately in crypto for someone who takes high-risk bets on new coins, yield farms, or NFTs.

When a stablecoin or pegged asset loses its target price.

Crypto projects that use token incentives to build real-world infrastructure like wireless networks, storage, and computing power.

A visual representation of all open buy and sell orders for an asset at different price levels.

Financial contracts whose value is based on an underlying asset.

A wallet that generates all its addresses from a single seed phrase using a mathematical formula.

A development network used for early-stage testing of blockchain protocols and smart contracts.

A cryptocurrency exchange that operates without a central authority, using smart contracts to facilitate trades.

A tool that searches across multiple decentralized exchanges to find you the best price for a token swap.

Holding an investment through extreme volatility without selling.

An automatic recalibration of how hard it is to mine a new block, ensuring consistent block times regardless of how much mining power joins or leaves the network.

When smart money sells their holdings to retail investors at high prices after a big run-up.

Spreading investments across different assets to reduce risk.

A portion of a company's profits distributed to shareholders.

An attack where hackers redirect a legitimate website's domain to a malicious server.

Investing a fixed amount at regular intervals regardless of price.

A measure of the U.

An attack where someone spends the same cryptocurrency twice.

A sudden, significant price drop usually caused by large sell-offs.

Sending tiny amounts of crypto (dust) to many wallet addresses to track and de-anonymize them.

A sale where the price starts high and gradually decreases until someone buys.

A decentralized exchange focused on perpetual futures trading.

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