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Calldata
The input data supplied to an Ethereum transaction or contract call.
Centralized exchange
A trading platform run by an organization that manages accounts, orders and exchange services.
Chain reorganization
A change to the accepted chain that replaces previously accepted blocks with another valid branch.
Challenge period
The window during which a submitted result or withdrawal can be disputed under a protocol's rules.
Change output
A Bitcoin transaction output that returns unused input value to the sender.
Checkpoint
A designated block used as a reference point in a consensus process.
Checksum
Extra information used to detect certain accidental changes in encoded data.
Circulating supply
An estimate of the asset units available to the market under a data provider's methodology.
Coinbase transaction
The first transaction in a Bitcoin block, through which the miner claims the permitted block reward.
Cold wallet
A wallet setup that keeps signing keys offline during ordinary storage.
Collateral
Assets pledged to support a loan or leveraged position.
Collision resistance
The difficulty of finding two different inputs that produce the same cryptographic hash.
Composability
The ability to combine existing programs or protocols as parts of a larger application.
Concentrated liquidity
An AMM design that lets liquidity providers allocate assets within chosen price ranges.
Confirmation
Inclusion of a transaction in a block, with later blocks adding confidence that it will remain accepted.
Consensus
Agreement about which valid blockchain history and state the network accepts.
Consensus rules
The protocol rules that determine whether blockchain transactions and blocks are valid.
Constant product
An AMM model that relates two asset reserves through the formula x × y = k.
Contract account
An Ethereum account associated with deployed code that runs when it is called.
Contract deployment
The onchain creation of a contract account with executable code.
Contract upgrade
A change to a contract system’s behavior through a mechanism designed to allow it.
Contract verification
The process of matching published source code and compiler settings to a deployed contract’s bytecode.
Copium
A joking label for excuses or comforting stories that make a bad crypto outcome feel less bad.
Cryptographic hash
A deterministic digest designed to make reversing it or finding certain matching inputs computationally impractical.
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