đ¤Essential Crypto Dictionaryđ¤
đFUD
Fear, uncertainty, and ..
🕑 Added 2022-06-24 12:06:49 +0000 UTC
đ¤Essential Crypto Dictionaryđ¤
đFUD
Fear, uncertainty, and doubt. (FUD in cryptocurrency is a psychology trick used to spread doubt and fear which would cause that certain coin to drop in price.)
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đShill
Someone purposely promoting something for their own benefit. (Most likely, someone who has invested in a particular coin that isnât doing so hot, and is hoping other people would buy it and bump the price up. Itâs all for personal gains.)
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đFOMO
Fear of missing out. (feeling an urgent need to get in on what everyone else is doing: buying a certain cryptocurrency when they think its price is about to hike!)
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đHODL
Hold on to dear life (or âhold your coinsâ for a straightforward meaning). HODL means to hold onto a coin even if itâs crashing, hoping for a bullish market in the future.
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đRekt
To suffer huge losses from coins that have substantially dropped in value
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đWhale
An investor who owns five percent or more of any cryptocurrency coin. (For instance, in the case of Bitcoin, a whale would be someone who owns as much as 8 billion USD worth of Bitcoin (assuming the total value of all Bitcoins in the world is 160.4 billion USD)
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đPump and dump
Pump happens when a great ton of attention leads to a coinâs price increase; dump happens when the coinâs price crashes after an associated spread of negative emotions. An influencer can pump and dump on a small cap coin simply by buying, hyping and selling.
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đBagholder
Someone holding onto a coin that has plummeted in price.
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đStaking
Crypto staking is the process of locking up crypto holdings in order to obtain rewards or earn interest.
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đBlock
Groups of data within a blockchain. On cryptocurrency blockchains, blocks are made up of transaction records as users buy or sell coins. Each block can hold only a certain amount of information. Once it reaches that limit, a new block is formed to continue the chain.
đBlockchain
Blockchain is a system of recording information in a way that makes it difficult or impossible to change, hack, or cheat the system. Blockchains continually grow as blocks are being added to the chain, which significantly adds to the security of the ledger.
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đNFT
Non-fungible token. Meaning itâs unique/canât be replaced w/ something else. For example, a bitcoin is fungible â trade one for another bitcoin, and youâll have exactly the same thing. One-of-a-kind trading cards are non-fungible. You can trade, but youâd have a diff card.
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đBlue chip
The term âblue chipâ comes from a poker game in which the blue chips have the greatest value. Like Bitcoin and Ethereum, there are NFT âblue chipsâ that are expected to be around in five or ten years.
đMarker Cap
Cryptocurrency market capitalization refers to the total value of all the coins that have been mined. You can calculate a cryptoâs market cap by multiplying the current number of coins by the current value of the coins.
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đGas
Gas refers to the fee, or pricing value, required to successfully conduct a transaction or execute a contract on the Ethereum blockchain platform.
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đDeFi
A movement encouraging alternatives to traditional, centralized forms of financial services.
đSmart Contract
An algorithmic program that enacts the terms of a contract automatically based on its code. One of the main value propositions of the Ethereum network is its ability to execute smart contracts.
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đMoonshot
When your coin goes parabolic and increases rapidly in price.
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đFiat
Fiat money is government-issued currency. Example, the U.S. dollar. Any ticket that as USD i.e USDT coin
đStable Coin
A stablecoin pegs its value to some other non-digital currency or commodity. A digital fiat represents a fiat, or government-backed currency on the blockchain. (Example: Tether, which is pegged to the U.S. dollar)
đICO
A way that funds are raised for a new cryptocurrency project. ICOs are similar to Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) of stocks.
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đAltcoin
An altcoin is any digital currency thatâs not Bitcoin. There are thousands of cryptocurrencies, with new ones being added all the time.
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đWallet
A cryptocurrency wallet is an app or physical storage device that allows you to store and retrieve your digital currency. Wallets can hold multiple cryptocurrencies, so youâre not limited to just Bitcoin.
Wallets store the location of your currency on the blockchain.
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đHot & Cold Wallet
A hot wallet is connected to the internet. The most secure way to store your cryptocurrency is with a cold wallet â one that isnât connected to the internet.
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đMining
Computers mine coins by solving complex math problems. The more powerful the computer, the faster it can "think."
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đMinting
Minting is how a file, such as a JPEG or GIF, is recorded to a blockchain. After an NFT is minted, it can be sold or traded.
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đDecentralized
The principle of distributing power away from a central point. Blockchains are traditionally decentralized because they require majority approval from all users to operate and make changes, rather than a central authority.
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đFork
When a blockchainâs users make changes to its rules. These changes to the protocol of a blockchain often result in two new paths â one that follows the old rules, and a new blockchain that splits off from the previous one. (Example: a fork of Bitcoin resulted in Bitcoin Cash).
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