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- 12:51, 26 April 2022 diff hist +242 N Decentralised Autonomous Organisation (DAO) Created page with "A company or business that is run by smart contracts and governed by its token-holding community. == Sources: == https://fintechmagazine.com/financial-services-finserv/140-blockchain-and-crypto-words-ultimate-z-glossary Category:Glossary" Tag: Visual edit
- 12:49, 26 April 2022 diff hist +460 N Decentralised Applications (DApps) Created page with "DApps are essentially software programs built and hosted on blockchain technology, providing users with various functions through peer-to-peer action rather than depending on traditional intermediaries such as governments or banks. Decentralised apps are frequently used to execute decentralised finance operations. == Sources: == https://fintechmagazine.com/financial-services-finserv/140-blockchain-and-crypto-words-ultimate-z-glossary Category:Glossary" Tag: Visual edit
- 12:48, 26 April 2022 diff hist +444 N Decentralised Created page with "When something does not have any central control but rather operates independently through peer-to-peer networks and consensus algorithms instead, transactions cannot be reversed once confirmed on blockchains that do not have any central authority or place of residence since they are decentralised. == Sources: == https://fintechmagazine.com/financial-services-finserv/140-blockchain-and-crypto-words-ultimate-z-glossary Category:Glossary" Tag: Visual edit
- 12:47, 26 April 2022 diff hist +431 N Crypto-Native Assets Created page with "Digital tokens on a blockchain platform that derive their value from the decentralised consensus formed among all/majority of users, rather than coming from an external source like fiat money or company stock. Examples include Ether, Binance Coin (BNB), and Basic Attention Token (BAT). == Sources: == https://fintechmagazine.com/financial-services-finserv/140-blockchain-and-crypto-words-ultimate-z-glossary Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 12:47, 26 April 2022 diff hist +307 N Cryptography Created page with "The use of cryptographic protocols or mathematical techniques to encrypt messages sent between parties which are then decrypted using a key for security purposes. == Sources: == https://fintechmagazine.com/financial-services-finserv/140-blockchain-and-crypto-words-ultimate-z-glossary Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 12:46, 26 April 2022 diff hist +403 N Cryptoeconomics Created page with "The combination of cryptography, information theory, computer science, and game theory creates secure economic systems that incentivise proof-of-work consensus models through mechanisms such as decentralised control, immutability, and trustless transactions. == Sources: == https://fintechmagazine.com/financial-services-finserv/140-blockchain-and-crypto-words-ultimate-z-glossary Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 12:45, 26 April 2022 diff hist +343 N Crypto Derivatives Created page with "A financial instrument that derives its value from an underlying asset. They are usually contracts traded between two parties based on the price of a certain item, rate or index at some future date. == Sources: == https://fintechmagazine.com/financial-services-finserv/140-blockchain-and-crypto-words-ultimate-z-glossary Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 12:44, 26 April 2022 diff hist +318 N Cryptocurrency Created page with "A form of digital asset that uses cryptography as its main security measure to control the creation of additional units and verify transactions on its decentralised network. == Sources: == https://fintechmagazine.com/financial-services-finserv/140-blockchain-and-crypto-words-ultimate-z-glossary Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 12:44, 26 April 2022 diff hist +361 N Crowdsale Created page with "The process of selling crypto coins or tokens through crowdfunding, usually done before a new blockchain-based project launches its token/coin on the market so investors can take part in early bonuses and incentives. == Sources: == https://fintechmagazine.com/financial-services-finserv/140-blockchain-and-crypto-words-ultimate-z-glossary Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 12:43, 26 April 2022 diff hist +670 N Transactions Confirmation Created page with "This is how many transactions have been processed/validated and added to its ledger so far since it began existing, either through mining or other means, including private ones off-chain. Confirmed transactions cannot be reversed without cooperation from others involved with keeping records on the network's shared ledger (see consensus). Cryptocurrencies need at least six confirmations before they can be considered finalised but more often than not, only take one dependi..." Tag: Visual edit
- 12:41, 26 April 2022 diff hist +643 N Chaffing Created page with "The practice of purposely sending false signals between nodes on a network using fake IP addresses so that they only see information that has already been seen by another node or set of nodes before, thus making consensus impossible for any new data being added onto the chain; this works against 51% attacks where attackers try to introduce invalid blocks into the chain since other miners will not recognise these blocks because they cannot make sense out of what they are..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 12:40, 26 April 2022 diff hist +382 N Coinless Protocol Created page with "A decentralised network where all incentive mechanisms are built into the protocol itself and not as an additional layer on top of it (like Ethereum). The purpose is to create fully autonomous systems with no need for central management. == Sources: == https://fintechmagazine.com/financial-services-finserv/140-blockchain-and-crypto-words-ultimate-z-glossary Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 12:40, 26 April 2022 diff hist +314 N Centralised Created page with "A system of power where a central authority has control over the execution of operations. Often associated with a dictatorial style of rule and a single point of attack. == Sources: == https://fintechmagazine.com/financial-services-finserv/140-blockchain-and-crypto-words-ultimate-z-glossary Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 12:39, 26 April 2022 diff hist +384 N Casper Created page with "Ethereum's proof-of-stake protocol upgrade, designed to replace the proof-of-work as mentioned earlier and improve the scalability of the network while also enhancing security by making it less costly for an attacker to attack the network. == Sources: == https://fintechmagazine.com/financial-services-finserv/140-blockchain-and-crypto-words-ultimate-z-glossary Category:Glossary" Tag: Visual edit
- 12:38, 26 April 2022 diff hist +223 N Bull market Created page with "A market in which prices are rising, and investors expect even better returns. == Sources: == https://fintechmagazine.com/financial-services-finserv/140-blockchain-and-crypto-words-ultimate-z-glossary Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 12:37, 26 April 2022 diff hist +325 N Bullish Created page with "When investors are bullish, they expect a price to go up in the future and would be comfortable buying coins/tokens at these levels because they believe it will increase even more. == Sources: == https://fintechmagazine.com/financial-services-finserv/140-blockchain-and-crypto-words-ultimate-z-glossary Category:Glossary" Tag: Visual edit
- 12:36, 26 April 2022 diff hist +305 N Bollinger bands Created page with "A technical indicator used by traders to measure market volatility consisting of three lines plotted at standard deviation levels above and below a centre line. == Sources: == https://fintechmagazine.com/financial-services-finserv/140-blockchain-and-crypto-words-ultimate-z-glossary Category:Glossary" Tag: Visual edit
- 12:35, 26 April 2022 diff hist +415 N Block size limit Created page with "The maximum amount of data that can be included in a block, measured in bytes. Bitcoin's is hard-coded at one megabyte while Ethereum's was recently increased to around 20% of that number (to roughly 12.66MB), with plans for it to increase further over the coming years. == Sources: == https://fintechmagazine.com/financial-services-finserv/140-blockchain-and-crypto-words-ultimate-z-glossary Category:Glossary" current Tag: Visual edit
- 12:35, 26 April 2022 diff hist +657 N Block reward Created page with "A type of monetary incentive provided by cryptocurrencies whenever an individual mines a block successfully. Coins/Tokens are not created out of thin air. Still, rather they must have gone through mining first before being awarded as such since it requires computational resources and electricity costs to mine them effectively. This is how miners make their profits, doing the work necessary in ensuring proper security measures are put in place so that these tokens cannot..." Tag: Visual edit
- 12:34, 26 April 2022 diff hist +393 N Block height Created page with "When discussing blockchain networks such as BitcoinBTC), this term refers to how many blocks make up their total height/length starting from block #0, also called its genesis block, which was mined during the first round of updates to this network. == Sources: == https://fintechmagazine.com/financial-services-finserv/140-blockchain-and-crypto-words-ultimate-z-glossary Category:Glossary" Tag: Visual edit