Crypto Glossary
Learn the essential cryptocurrency and blockchain terms. Our comprehensive glossary helps you understand the key concepts in the crypto world.
82 terms
Comprehensive glossary covering 82 essential crypto and blockchain terms.
Learn the essential cryptocurrency and blockchain terms. Our comprehensive glossary helps you understand the key concepts in the crypto world.
82 terms
Comprehensive glossary covering 82 essential crypto and blockchain terms.
A blockchain upgrade that turns user wallets into programmable smart contracts, enabling features like social recovery, gas sponsorship, and batch transactions.
The method by which a blockchain network agrees on the current state of the ledger and validates new transactions.
A secondary network built on top of a base blockchain (Layer 1) that processes transactions off-chain to increase speed and reduce costs while inheriting the security of the main chain.
A waiting area where unconfirmed blockchain transactions queue before being selected by validators or miners for inclusion in the next block.
The profit that block producers can extract by reordering, inserting, or censoring transactions within a block, often at the expense of regular users.
A consensus mechanism where miners compete to solve complex mathematical puzzles to validate transactions and create new blocks, earning cryptocurrency rewards.
A Layer 2 scaling solution that executes transactions off-chain and posts compressed data to the main blockchain for security.
A network participant that verifies transactions and produces new blocks in a Proof of Stake blockchain, earning rewards for securing the network.