• Mining Pool

    A group of miners who combine their computational power to increase their chances of successfully mining a block and share the rewards.

  • Multisig (Multisignature)

    A security feature that requires multiple keys to authorize a transaction.

  • NFT (Non-Fungible Token)

    A unique digital asset that represents ownership of a specific item or piece of content, such as art, music, or virtual real estate.

  • Oracles

    Services that provide external data to smart contracts, enabling them to interact with real-world information.

  • Paper Wallet

    A physical document containing a cryptocurrency address and private key, used for offline storage.

  • Pump and Dump

    A scheme where the price of a cryptocurrency is artificially inflated through false or misleading statements, followed by a rapid sell-off.

  • Satoshi

    The smallest unit of Bitcoin, equal to 0.00000001 BTC, named after Bitcoin's pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto.

  • Sharding

    A scalability solution that divides a blockchain network into smaller, more manageable pieces, or "shards," each capable of processing transactions in parallel.

  • Soft Fork

    A backward-compatible upgrade to a blockchain protocol, allowing non-upgraded nodes to still participate in the network.

  • Stablecoin

    A type of cryptocurrency that is pegged to a stable asset, such as fiat currency or gold, to reduce volatility.