Words starting with R
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Reentrancy
A pattern where an external call re-enters a contract before an earlier operation has finished.
REKT
Wrecked: crypto slang for taking a brutal loss or having a trade go badly wrong.
Relayer
A service or account that submits a transaction on behalf of someone else.
Replace by fee
A relay-policy mechanism for replacing an eligible pending transaction with a higher-fee transaction.
Replay attack
Reusing a valid authorization where it should no longer apply or should never have applied.
Responsible disclosure
Reporting a vulnerability through a process that gives maintainers a chance to address it before public release.
Revert
An execution failure that rolls back changes made by the affected contract call.
Rollup
A scaling system that executes transactions separately and publishes required data and commitments to a base chain.
RPC provider
A service giving wallets and applications access to blockchain node APIs.
Rug pull
A scam where project controllers use their position to take value from users after attracting funds.
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