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BeginnerA playful spelling of sir used to address someone in crypto and NFT conversations.
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The buying demand that lets someone else sell; in crypto slang, often the late buyers left after the hype fades.
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I bought the spike just as the early holders sold. Turns out I was their exit liquidity.
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Information someone thinks gives them an early edge in crypto: a lead, insight or tip others haven't spotted.
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The group called it alpha, but the only source was a screenshot with no link.
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To push a coin or project hard, usually because you want other people to buy or pay attention.
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Is this an actual review, or are you shilling a token you already hold?
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A crypto cheer for a huge price rise, or the hope that one is coming.
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The chart went vertical and the replies were all to the moon, with roughly a thousand rockets.
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Someone still holding a coin or token after its value has dropped badly, often hoping it will recover.
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Bought the hype, missed the exit, now I'm the bagholder still asking for project updates.
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Jumping into a token or NFT quickly, usually before doing much research.
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I aped in after one meme, then finally opened the docs and noticed the transfer restrictions.
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Intermediate
An access-control pattern that assigns named sets of capabilities to designated accounts.
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One account holds a minter role while a separate account holds permission to pause the token contract.
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A teasing or critical label for someone who sells quickly when the market gets shaky.
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They called me paper hands after I sold during the dip, but that was the exit I'd planned.
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Advanced
An attack that exploits a contract using the original transaction sender as its authorization check.
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A user calls a hostile app, which calls another contract whose permission check incorrectly trusts tx.origin.