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A liquidity position's shortfall relative to holding the originally supplied assets separately, caused by changing relative prices.
The comparison typically excludes fees and incentives. Despite the name, the shortfall can become realized when liquidity is withdrawn.
IN THE WILD An AMM rebalances an LP's assets after one token doubles in relative price. By Crypto Dictionary · Published Oct 9, 2026
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A trading attack placing transactions before and after a victim's trade to exploit its price movement.
Public pending trades and permissive execution limits can increase exposure. Fees, liquidity and routing affect whether the attack is profitable.
IN THE WILD An attacker buys before a pending swap and sells after it moves the price. By Crypto Dictionary · Published Oct 9, 2026
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An attack that inserts misleading activity involving a lookalike address into a user's transaction history.
The attacker hopes the user copies the wrong address for a later transfer. Receiving a spam transaction alone does not give the attacker spending access.
IN THE WILD A zero-value transfer displays an address resembling a trusted recipient. By Crypto Dictionary · Published Oct 9, 2026
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A loan that must satisfy repayment or approved debt conditions within the same atomic transaction .
An uncollateralized flash borrowing generally reverts if repayment and fees are not provided. Flash loans are tools, not inherently exploits.
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Authorization that lets a specified spender move a token owner's assets under the token contract's rules.
ERC-20 approvals set allowances; NFT approvals use different mechanisms. Disconnecting a website does not automatically revoke onchain permissions.
IN THE WILD A user approves a swap contract to spend a limited token amount. By Crypto Dictionary · Published Oct 9, 2026
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Approving a transaction or message whose relevant effects are not meaningfully displayed or understood.
Opaque data can hide asset permissions or transfers. A hardware wallet can still authorize harmful actions when the signer does not inspect the intent.
IN THE WILD A user signs unreadable data requested by an unfamiliar application. By Crypto Dictionary · Published Oct 9, 2026
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Staking through a system that gives users a transferable token representing their staking position or claim.
The token can be used elsewhere, but adds protocol, operator and market-price risks beyond direct staking . Redemption can involve delays.
IN THE WILD A user receives a staking representation token after depositing ETH. By Crypto Dictionary · Published Oct 9, 2026
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Bitcoin 's scheduled reduction of the block subsidy by half every 210,000 blocks.
The event lowers new issuance per block . It does not impose a price increase or change transaction fees automatically.
IN THE WILD A subsidy of 6.25 BTC becomes 3.125 BTC at the following halving. By Crypto Dictionary · Published Oct 9, 2026
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A peer-to-peer monetary network whose native asset is bitcoin, commonly abbreviated BTC.
Its rules let users verify payments and issuance without a central payment processor.
IN THE WILD Two users transfer BTC using a transaction verified by independent nodes. By Crypto Dictionary · Published Oct 9, 2026
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A ledger organized into blocks that reference earlier blocks through cryptographic hashes.
Network participants verify updates against shared rules. Rewriting history requires overcoming the chain's consensus protections.
IN THE WILD A Bitcoin payment becomes part of the ledger when its block is accepted. By Crypto Dictionary · Published Oct 9, 2026
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