THE LANGUAGE OF CRYPTO

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Bitcoin

Taproot

A Bitcoin output design supporting key-based spending and optional committed script spending paths.

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Blockchain

Testnet

A separate blockchain network intended for testing software and applications.

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DeFi

Tick

A discrete price boundary used to organize ranges in certain concentrated-liquidity AMMs.

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Bitcoin

Timelock

A spending constraint tied to a specified time or block requirement.

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Web3

Timelock governance

A governance mechanism that delays execution of approved actions for a specified period.

ConceptAdvanced
Trading

To the moon

A crypto cheer for a huge price rise, or the hope that one is coming.

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Web3

Token

An onchain unit recorded by a protocol or application that can represent value, access or a claim.

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Wallets & Security

Token approval

Permission for a specified spender to move tokens under the token contract's rules.

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Web3

Token burn

A process that removes token units from usable supply under a defined mechanism.

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Web3

Token ID

An identifier for a token or token type within a particular contract.

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Web3

Token issuance

The creation and distribution of new asset units under protocol or contract rules.

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DeFi

Tokenized vault

A contract that pools an asset and issues shares representing a claim on its managed holdings.

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Blockchain

Transaction

An authorized request to change a blockchain’s state, such as moving assets or calling a contract.

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Blockchain

Transaction fee

The amount paid for transaction inclusion or resource use under a blockchain's rules.

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Bitcoin

Transaction ID

An identifier computed from a transaction's protocol-defined serialized data.

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Bitcoin

Transaction input

The part of a Bitcoin transaction that identifies an earlier output being spent.

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Bitcoin

Transaction malleability

The ability to change a transaction’s identifier without changing its intended payment effect.

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Ethereum

Transaction nonce

An Ethereum account’s sequential transaction counter, used to order transactions and prevent replay.

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Bitcoin

Transaction output

The part of a Bitcoin transaction that assigns value and specifies the conditions for spending it.

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Ethereum

Transaction receipt

A record of an included Ethereum transaction’s execution result, including status, gas use and logs.

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Wallets & Security

Transaction simulation

A preview of transaction execution against a chosen blockchain state before the transaction is settled.

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DeFi

TVL

Total value locked: an estimate of the monetary value of assets deposited in a protocol or category.

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Ethereum

Typed-data signing

Signing structured Ethereum messages using a format such as EIP-712.

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