Crypto & Finance Glossary
Your guide to understanding cryptocurrency and finance terminology. From Bitcoin basics to advanced DeFi concepts.
Showing 1–18 of 18 terms starting with "G"
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Gas
blockchainThe fee paid to process transactions on Ethereum and similar blockchains.
Gas Limit
blockchainThe maximum amount of gas you're willing to spend on a transaction.
Gas Optimization
blockchainWriting smart contracts that use as little computational resources as possible to save users money on transaction fees.
Gas Sponsorship
blockchainWhen a third party pays the transaction fees on behalf of a user.
Gas Token
blockchainThe native token of a blockchain used to pay transaction fees.
Gas War
blockchainWhen many people try to execute transactions at the same time, bidding up gas fees to get their transaction included first.
Gauge System
defiA mechanism where token holders vote on how protocol incentives (emissions) are distributed across different pools.
GDP (Gross Domestic Product)
macroThe total value of goods and services produced in a country over a period, usually a quarter or year.
Genesis Block
blockchainThe very first block in a blockchain, also called Block 0.
Gitcoin
cryptocurrencyA platform that funds open-source projects through quadratic funding, where small donations from many people get amplified by a matching pool.
GM
cryptocurrencyGood Morning.
GMX
defiA decentralized perpetual futures exchange that runs on Arbitrum and Avalanche.
Golden Cross
tradingA bullish technical pattern where the 50-day moving average crosses above the 200-day moving average.
Governance
blockchainThe process of making decisions about a protocol's development and direction.
Governance Attack
defiWhen someone acquires enough governance tokens to pass malicious proposals that benefit them at the expense of the protocol.
Governance Token
defiA token that gives holders voting rights in a protocol's decision-making.
Grayscale Discount/Premium
traditional-financeThe difference between the market price of Grayscale trust shares and the net asset value of the crypto they hold.
Gwei
blockchainA small unit of ETH used to measure gas prices.
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