The most comprehensive crypto glossary for Intermediate level
The most comprehensive crypto glossary out there.
EMH (efficient market hypothesis)
EMH is an economic theory stating that the financial markets reflect all available information on the price of assets at any given time. When new info comes into the market it is automatically priced in, making technical analysis and fundamental analysis arbitrary.
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Level: Intermediate
Emission
New coins are launched and produced at a rapid rate. There are some cryptocurrencies that do not have a set issuance rate, so new units can be created upon request.
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P2P (Peer to peer)
Interactions that happen directly between two individual parties, without an intermediary. In the blockchain world, a P2P network constitutes a distributed network architecture that divides assignments between two or more participants directly. Participants are able to transact with each other without depending on an intermediary or any single point of failure.
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Level: Intermediate
Email spoofing
Technique used to trick users into thinking that a message came from a different person. Spoofing attacks involve sending emails with forged header information, which client software displays as the actual sender address. Most people take this at face value.
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Level: Intermediate
EMA (exponential moving average)
Technical indicator that emphasizes the recent price movement and data points of an asset/stock/cryptocurrency while keeping the older chart observations.
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Level: Intermediate
Overcollateralized
A collateral value that is higher than the loan value, in other words a lower loan-to-value ratio. Overcollaterization is a mandatory practice in cryptocurrency loans, due to the high volatility that crypto assets are exposed to.
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Level: Intermediate
Orderbook
A digital list of all buy and sell orders for a specific asset.
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Edge Nodes
The computer that forms the connection between a user and another node.
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Optimistic rollup
A layer 2 scaling solution that is used to track and record transactions made off chain.
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Delisting
The act of removing an asset from an exchange. There can be several reasons for this; it can be a request from the project's team or it could be a result of the asset's team or its own inability to meet the listing requirements provided by the exchange.
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OpenSea
A decentralized marketplace to buy and sell rare digital goods in the form of NFTs. These digital goods include online gaming items, digital collectibles, and art. OpenSea is the most popular NFT marketplace, which runs on the Ethereum network.
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Node
A cluster of computers or participants that are connected to a blockchain network in order to validate transactions, maintain security of the network, and receive newly minted coins as a reward. An initial investment is required to establish a node, so node operators earn their rewards as a fraction of their initial investment against the total value of funds in the network.
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Network effect
Growth of a network by an increase in the utility of goods and services offered. The internet itself constitutes the greatest network effect in history. In the blockchain world, Bitcoin and Ethereum have the greatest network effect, due to their very high levels of adoption and the utility they provide to their adopters.
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Level: Intermediate
Net present value (NPV)
A measurement of future cash flows that is expected to be generated over a specific time period. NPV is calculated by subtracting future cash outflows from future cash inflows of an individual or a company.
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Level: Intermediate
Nested blockchain
A type of decentralized network that deploys a mainnet blockchain along with an interconnected web of secondary side-chains.
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Level: Intermediate