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- 10:59, 29 April 2022 diff hist +349 N Money Laundering Created page with "Money laundering is a technique used for illegal businesses to hide their money from the authorities. Typically, money laundering is used by those involved in Scam and other criminal activities to conceal their cash flows and source of income. == Sources: == https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/money-laundering Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 10:57, 29 April 2022 diff hist +152 N Scam Created page with "A scheme that is designed to dupe people out of cash or crypto. == Sources: == https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/scam Category:Glossary" Tag: Visual edit
- 10:50, 29 April 2022 diff hist +436 N Monetary Policy Created page with "Monetary policy is a set of actions that centralized financial institutions of a country or regional organizations, like the European Union, use or follow to control the overall supply of money. These rules are followed to keep inflation and rising prices in the economy in check and allow for an environment that maximizes employment. == Sources: == https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/monetary-policy Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 10:49, 29 April 2022 diff hist +173 N Mnemonic Phrase Created page with "A list of words used in sequence to access or restore your crypto assets. == Sources: == https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/mnemonic-phrase Category:Glossary" Tag: Visual edit
- 10:48, 29 April 2022 diff hist +330 N Minting Created page with "In cryptocurrency, minting is a decentralized method that enables a person to generate a new token without the involvement of a central authority, such as the government or the bank. It can either be a non-fungible token or a crypto coin. == Sources: == https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/minting Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 10:47, 29 April 2022 diff hist +209 N Mining Pool Created page with "An arrangement where a number of miners pool their resources to increase their chances of finding the next block. == Sources: == https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/mining-pool Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 10:46, 29 April 2022 diff hist +338 N MCR Created page with "The '''minimum collateralization ratio''' is the minimum percentage of investor funds that must be held in cash or cash equivalents at any time. This is a regulatory requirement to protect the integrity of the market. == Sources: == https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/minimum-collateralization-ratio-mcr Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 10:45, 29 April 2022 diff hist +297 N Miners Created page with "Contributors to a blockchain taking part in the process of mining. They can be professional miners or organizations with large-scale operations, or hobbyists who set up mining rigs at home or in the office. == Sources: == https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/miners Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 10:43, 29 April 2022 diff hist +564 N Mineable Created page with "Some cryptocurrencies have a system through which miners can be rewarded with newly-created cryptocurrencies for creating blocks through contributing their hash power. Cryptocurrencies with this ability to generate new cryptocurrencies through the process of confirmation is said to be mineable. * Not Mineable Some cryptocurrencies are generated only through other mechanisms, such as annual inflation through staking. These cryptocurrencies are said to be not mineable. ==..." Tag: Visual edit
- 10:43, 29 April 2022 diff hist +266 N MilliBitcoin Created page with "MilliBitcoin, also known as μBTC, is a sub-unit of Bitcoin which is equivalent to the one-thousandth of a BTC, the most famous and valuable cryptocurrency in the world. == Sources: == https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/millibitcoin Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 10:41, 29 April 2022 diff hist +252 N Microtransaction Created page with "A business model where very small payments can be made in exchange for common digital goods and services, such as pages of an ebook or items in a game. == Sources: == https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/microtransaction Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 10:41, 29 April 2022 diff hist +333 N Micro Cap Created page with "A micro-cap stock is a '''publicly listed corporation with a market capitalization of $50 million to $300 million'''. Micro-cap equities are more volatile than large cap companies, making them intrinsically riskier than mid or large caps. == Sources: == https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/micro-cap Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 10:30, 29 April 2022 diff hist +498 N Metaverse-as-a-Service (MaaS) Created page with "As technology gradually evolved, businesses and service providers have transitioned from the one-time fee model to a subscription-based model with increasing pace and frequency. Over the years, several unique business models like Saas (software-as-a-service), IaaS (infrastructure-as-a-Service), and PaaS (platform-as-a-service) have stemmed from the XaaS (Anything-as-a-Service) model. == Sources: == https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/metaverse-as-a-service-maa..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 10:29, 29 April 2022 diff hist +536 N Metatransaction Created page with "A metatransaction is like a butler that executes a transaction signed by another party on behalf of the original signer, ferrying this original transaction onto the public blockchain rather than the person having to do it themselves. Thus, metatransactions remove the complexities and gas cost of execution on public blockchains by letting a relayer network handle these while the user just needs to sign the transaction with one click. == Sources: == https://coinmarketcap...." current Tag: Visual edit
- 10:27, 29 April 2022 diff hist +474 N Merkle Tree Created page with "A tree structure in cryptography, in which every leaf node is labelled with the hash of a data block and every non-leaf node is labelled with the cryptographic hash of the labels of its child nodes. Hash trees allow efficient and secure verification of the contents of blockchains, as each change propagates upwards so verification can be done by simply looking at the top hash. == Sources: == https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/merkle-tree Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 10:27, 29 April 2022 diff hist +290 N Mempool Created page with "A mempool is essentially a cryptocurrency node's mechanism for storing information on unconfirmed transactions, acting as a waiting room for transactions that have not yet been included in a block. == Sources: == https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/mempool Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 10:26, 29 April 2022 diff hist +428 N Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Created page with "It is a written agreement that all the participating parties have a mutual understanding of the matter and agree with one another. '''It is regarded as the initiating terms of a formal contract.''' It is widely used in business transactions and personal matters concerning finance and law-related communications. == Sources: == https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/memorandum-of-understanding-mou Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 10:25, 29 April 2022 diff hist +192 N Memecoin Created page with "Memecoins are the crypto tokens created as a joke or meme and claim to offer huge gains to holders. == Sources: == https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/memecoin Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 10:24, 29 April 2022 diff hist +208 N Max Supply Created page with "The best approximation of the maximum amount of coins that will ever exist in the lifetime of the cryptocurrency. == Sources: == https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/max-supply Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 09:58, 29 April 2022 diff hist −1 Masternodes current Tag: Visual edit
- 09:57, 29 April 2022 diff hist +312 N Masternodes Created page with "Masternodes are a server maintained by its owner, somewhat like full nodes, but with additional functionalities such as anonymizing transactions, clearing transactions, and participating in governance and voting. == Sources: == https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/masternodes Category:Glossary" Tag: Visual edit
- 09:56, 29 April 2022 diff hist +188 N Full Node Created page with "Nodes that download a blockchain’s entire history in order to observe and enforce its rules. == Sources: == https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/full-node Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 09:34, 29 April 2022 diff hist +242 N MCAP Created page with "Total capitalization of a cryptocurrency’s price. It is one of the ways to rank the relative size of a cryptocurrency. == Sources: == https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/market-capitalization-market-cap-mcap Category:Glossary" Tag: Visual edit
- 09:33, 29 April 2022 diff hist +185 N Margin Trading Created page with "A practice where a trader uses borrowed funds from a broker to trade a cryptocurrency. == Sources: == https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/margin-trading Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 09:32, 29 April 2022 diff hist +361 N Malware Created page with "Malware or malicious software refers to harmful programs utilized by bad actors to illegally access and/or compromise a computer, network or server. These programs are effective tools used by attackers to steal sensitive information from other systems or sabotage them. == Sources: == https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/malware Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 09:31, 29 April 2022 diff hist +357 N Mainnet Created page with "An independent blockchain running its own network with its own technology and protocol. It is a live blockchain where its own cryptocurrencies or tokens are in use, as compared to a testnet or projects running on top of other popular networks such as Ethereum. == Sources: == https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/mainnet Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 09:29, 29 April 2022 diff hist +272 N Longing (Long Position) Created page with "A long position (longing) refers to the situation where an investor buys a cryptocurrency or any other financial instrument to sell it later when the price goes high. == Sources: == https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/longing-long-position Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 09:28, 29 April 2022 diff hist +240 N Liquid Market Created page with "A liquid market features a large number of buyers and sellers. It is a platform where all the trades are executed with ease and at a low cost. == Sources: == https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/liquid-market Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 20:14, 26 April 2022 diff hist +22 m Category:Forks current Tag: Visual edit
- 20:14, 26 April 2022 diff hist +102 N Category:Forks Created page with "A fork happens whenever a community makes a change to the blockchain's protocol, or basic set of rules" Tag: Visual edit
- 19:55, 26 April 2022 diff hist +111 N Category:Layer 2 Created page with "Layer 2 blockchains are secondary blockchains that operate on top of Layer 1 blockchains. Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 15:39, 26 April 2022 diff hist +100 N Category:Cryptocurrencies Created page with "Any form of currency that exists digitally or virtually and uses cryptography to secure transactions" current Tag: Visual edit
- 15:34, 26 April 2022 diff hist +29 N Category:AMM Created page with "Automated Market Makers (AMM)" current Tag: Visual edit
- 15:34, 26 April 2022 diff hist +12 N Category:Tools Created page with "Crypto Tools" current Tag: Visual edit
- 15:32, 26 April 2022 diff hist +18 m Main Page add glossary final Tag: Visual edit
- 15:31, 26 April 2022 diff hist +14 m Main Page →Examples:: add Glossary example Tag: Visual edit
- 15:30, 26 April 2022 diff hist +15 N Category:Glossary test current Tag: Visual edit
- 13:36, 26 April 2022 diff hist +365 N Public Key Created page with "A cryptographic key that allows a user to receive cryptocurrency from another user, but cannot be used to send funds. They're unique and usually consist of 64 characters to encrypt your wallet or make digital signatures. == Sources: == https://fintechmagazine.com/financial-services-finserv/140-blockchain-and-crypto-words-ultimate-z-glossary Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 13:36, 26 April 2022 diff hist +311 N Proof of Work (PoW) Created page with "The consensus algorithm used to validate transactions on the blockchain, which requires users to solve complex computational puzzles to add new blocks onto the chain. == Sources: == https://fintechmagazine.com/financial-services-finserv/140-blockchain-and-crypto-words-ultimate-z-glossary Category:Glossary" Tag: Visual edit
- 13:35, 26 April 2022 diff hist +312 N Proof of Stake (PoS) Created page with "A type of validation that requires members/nodes to prove ownership over a certain amount of cryptocurrency to guarantee their right to vote on transaction validation. == Sources: == https://fintechmagazine.com/financial-services-finserv/140-blockchain-and-crypto-words-ultimate-z-glossary Category:Glossary" Tag: Visual edit
- 13:35, 26 April 2022 diff hist +338 N Proof of Burn (PoB) Created page with "A type of consensus algorithm that requires users to "burn" or exchange some tokens by sending them to an unspendable address, thus proving they are real and active participants in the network. == Sources: == https://fintechmagazine.com/financial-services-finserv/140-blockchain-and-crypto-words-ultimate-z-glossary Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 13:34, 26 April 2022 diff hist +487 N Proof of Authority (PoA) Created page with "A consensus mechanism where validators are required to demonstrate possession of a certain amount or type of stake before being allowed into nodes on the network for verifying transactions; it's been implemented by various blockchain networks including POA Networks (based on Ethereum), and Oyster Pearl (based on IOTA Tangle): to name a few. == Sources: == https://fintechmagazine.com/financial-services-finserv/140-blockchain-and-crypto-words-ultimate-z-glossary Categor..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 13:33, 26 April 2022 diff hist +438 N Peer to Peer Created page with "A system where two parties can conduct financial transactions with each other without involving a third party, like a bank. The Blockchain is an example of this since it connects nodes in its network directly to one another and allows them to share data/transactions freely between themselves. == Sources: == https://fintechmagazine.com/financial-services-finserv/140-blockchain-and-crypto-words-ultimate-z-glossary Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 13:33, 26 April 2022 diff hist +326 N On-chain Governance Created page with "A system in blockchain technology where token holders vote and make decisions on proposed changes or upgrades to improve the network's performance without compromising its security. == Sources: == https://fintechmagazine.com/financial-services-finserv/140-blockchain-and-crypto-words-ultimate-z-glossary Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 13:32, 26 April 2022 diff hist +314 N Node Created page with "A connected computer that is part of a network, the Blockchain in this case. All nodes are equal and each one can be used to broadcast messages across the entire system. == Sources: == https://fintechmagazine.com/financial-services-finserv/140-blockchain-and-crypto-words-ultimate-z-glossary Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 13:31, 26 April 2022 diff hist +270 N NFT Created page with "Short for non-fungible tokens; digital assets which are unique and can't be replaced by generic items like coins or diamonds. == Sources: == https://fintechmagazine.com/financial-services-finserv/140-blockchain-and-crypto-words-ultimate-z-glossary Category:Glossary" Tag: Visual edit
- 13:31, 26 April 2022 diff hist +609 N Mining Rigs Created page with "Dedicated computers used for mining cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Litecoin etc. These are custom-built machines designed specifically for the purpose of mining coins through finding solutions to complex mathematical problems so they can be added to public ledgers. They tend to have multiple graphics cards installed along with specially designed processors and cooling systems which helps them mine better than your average computer would be able to do alone. == Source..." Tag: Visual edit
- 13:30, 26 April 2022 diff hist +402 N Mining Difficulty Created page with "The process in which miners must use their computing power to solve complex cryptographic puzzles before verifying transactions and earning mining rewards. The difficulty level serves as an indicator of how competitive mining is at any given moment in time. == Sources: == https://fintechmagazine.com/financial-services-finserv/140-blockchain-and-crypto-words-ultimate-z-glossary Category:Glossary" Tag: Visual edit
- 13:29, 26 April 2022 diff hist +381 N Mining Created page with "The process of creating new cryptocurrency units by solving complex mathematical problems, which are then verified and added to the blockchain network; miners usually receive a reward for their work in the form of these coins they mine. == Sources: == https://fintechmagazine.com/financial-services-finserv/140-blockchain-and-crypto-words-ultimate-z-glossary Category:Glossary" Tag: Visual edit
- 13:29, 26 April 2022 diff hist +306 N Miner Created page with "An individual or group of people who use their computing power to confirm transactions on the blockchain network, receiving rewards in exchange for this service. == Sources: == https://fintechmagazine.com/financial-services-finserv/140-blockchain-and-crypto-words-ultimate-z-glossary Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit