Category: Glossary

The native cryptocurrency of the XRP Ledger, developed by Ripple Labs, designed for fast and low-cost international payment settlements.

A type of public key in HD wallets that allows generating unlimited child public keys without exposing any private keys.

An alternative ticker symbol for Bitcoin used by some professional financial platforms and futures exchanges.

A tokenized representation of a cryptocurrency on a different blockchain, pegged to the value of the original asset.

The process of moving cryptocurrency from an exchange account to an external wallet address.

A detailed technical document published by a cryptocurrency project that explains its technology, vision, use case, and tokenomics.

A list of pre-approved wallet addresses permitted to participate in a cryptocurrency token sale or access a service.

A slang term for an individual or entity that holds a very large amount of cryptocurrency whose trades can significantly move market prices.

An ERC-20 compatible version of Ether that allows ETH to be used in smart contracts requiring token standards.

The smallest denomination of Ether, where one ETH equals ten to the power of eighteen Wei.