Glossary

A defunct Bitcoin exchange that once handled over 70% of Bitcoin transactions before collapsing in 2014 due to a massive hack.

A technical analysis indicator that smooths out price data by creating a constantly updated average price over a set time period.

Cryptocurrency slang for a dramatic upward price movement, often used in phrases like ‘when moon?’

A privacy-focused cryptocurrency that uses ring signatures, stealth addresses, and RingCT to obscure transaction details.

The rules governing how a cryptocurrency’s supply is managed over time, including issuance rates and burning mechanisms.

A blockchain architecture separating core functions like execution, consensus, and data availability into different layers.

A human-readable sequence of words that encodes a cryptocurrency wallet’s private key for backup and recovery.

The process of creating new cryptocurrency tokens or NFTs on a blockchain.

A cooperative group of miners who combine computational resources to increase block discovery chances and share rewards.

A computer system assembled specifically for cryptocurrency mining, often consisting of multiple GPUs or ASICs.