Crypto World
Crypto Glossary
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AMM (Automated Market Maker)
A decentralized exchange (DEX) protocol that relies on a mathematical formula and…
APR (Annual Percentage Rate)
Stands for Annual Percentage Rate. It represents the annual rate of return…
APY (Annual Percentage Yield)
Stands for Annual Percentage Yield. It measures the real rate of return…
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Centralized Exchange (CEX)
A cryptocurrency exchange managed by a centralized company that acts as a…
Coins
Think of a coin as a standalone digital currency that operates on…
Cold Storage
Cold Storage is the practice of keeping cryptocurrency private keys entirely offline…
Cold Wallet
Cryptocurrency wallets that store private keys in an offline environment, disconnected from…
Consensus Mechanism
A Consensus Mechanism is a protocol used in blockchain networks to achieve…
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Decentralized Exchange (DEX)
Peer-to-peer (P2P) marketplaces where cryptocurrency traders make transactions directly without the need…
Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS)
An evolution of Proof of Stake that uses a democratic voting system…
Dust Attack
A Dust Attack is a technique where attackers send tiny amounts of…
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Private Key
A secret string of alphanumeric characters that acts as a digital signature…
Proof of Stake (PoS)
This consensus protocol selects validators based on the quantity of tokens they…
Proof of Work (PoW)
The original consensus mechanism used to confirm transactions and produce new blocks…
Public Key
An alphanumeric code that allows you to receive cryptocurrency transactions. Similar to…
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Seed Phrase
A series of 12 to 24 random words generated by a cryptocurrency…
Sharding
A database partitioning technique used to scale blockchain networks by spreading the…
Slippage
The difference between the expected price of a trade and the price…
Slippage (Fiyat Kayması)
Bir işlemin beklendiği fiyat ile işlemin gerçekleştiği anki fiyat arasındaki farktır. Genellikle…
Smart Contract
Self-executing digital agreements with the terms of the deal directly written into…
Stablecoin
Cryptocurrencies designed to have a stable value by being pegged to a…
Staking
The process of locking up crypto assets in a Proof of Stake…
Sybil Attack
A type of security threat where a single entity creates multiple fake…
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