Glossary

An attempt to take over a DeFi protocol’s governance by accumulating enough voting tokens to pass malicious proposals.

The process by which decisions about a blockchain protocol or DeFi project are made, often through token holder votes.

A bullish technical analysis signal that occurs when a short-term moving average crosses above a long-term moving average.

A leading blockchain analytics platform providing on-chain data and insights for cryptocurrency investors.

The very first block of a blockchain, hardcoded into the network and serving as the foundation for all subsequent blocks.

The amount of ETH per unit of gas a user is willing to pay, affecting transaction processing speed.

Techniques used by smart contract developers to reduce the amount of gas consumed by their contracts.

The maximum amount of gas a user is willing to spend on a particular Ethereum transaction.

The payment made in ETH by users to compensate validators for the computational energy required to process transactions on Ethereum.

The unit measuring the computational effort required to execute transactions and smart contracts on the Ethereum network.