Crypto & Blockchain Glossary

180 plain-English definitions covering every corner of crypto: blockchain basics, Bitcoin, Ethereum, DeFi, trading, security, NFTs, Layer 2s, Web3 and regulation.

Basics (20)Bitcoin (7)Ethereum (13)Consensus (10)Scaling (12)Stablecoins (9)Wallets (10)DeFi (32)Trading (18)Security (12)NFTs (10)Web3 (9)Regulation (8)Development (10)

Basics

Airdrop Altcoin Block Blockchain Circulating Supply Cryptocurrency Decentralization FOMO FUD Gas Gas Fee HODL Market Cap Node Private Key Public Key Token Transaction Wallet Address Whale

Bitcoin

Bitcoin Halving Digital Gold Lightning Network Ordinals Satoshi Satoshi Nakamoto UTXO

Ethereum

Account Abstraction Composability Dapp ERC-20 ERC-721 Ether (ETH)Ethereum EVM Oracle Smart Contract Solidity The Merge Vitalik Buterin

Consensus

51% Attack Finality Fork Halving Hash Rate Mining Proof of Stake Proof of Work Slashing Validator

Scaling

Appchain Blob Data Availability Layer 2 Layer 3 Modular Blockchain Optimistic Rollup Rollup Sequencer Sidechain Zero-Knowledge Proof ZK Rollup

Stablecoins

Algorithmic Stablecoin CBDC DAI Depeg Peg Reserve Attestation Stablecoin USDC USDT (Tether)

Wallets

Cold Storage Custodial Wallet ENS Hardware Wallet Hot Wallet Multisig Seed Phrase Self-Custody Token Approval Wallet

Trading

Arbitrage ATH Bull / Bear Market Candlestick Chart CEX Dollar-Cost Averaging Leverage Limit Order Liquidation Cascade Long / Short Market Order Memecoin Order Book Spread Support and Resistance Tokenomics Vesting / Unlocks Volume

Security

Address Poisoning Dusting Attack Exploit Honeypot Phishing Pig Butchering Revoke Sim Swap Smart Contract Audit Social Engineering Two-Factor Authentication Wallet Drainer

NFTs

Floor Price GameFi IPFS Metadata Minting NFT PFP Play-to-Earn Royalties Soulbound Token

Web3

dApp Browser Decentralized Identity DePIN Governance Proposal Public Goods Funding Quadratic Voting Sybil Attack Token Gating Web3

Regulation

AML Capital Gains Cost Basis KYC MiCA Securities Question Taxable Event Travel Rule

Development

Audit Trail Block Explorer Gas Optimization Immutability Interoperability Mainnet Permissionless RPC SDK Testnet