Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Dictionary

Terms commonly used in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrency

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FOMO

FOMO – short for Fear Of Missing Out. Describes the anxiety a trader feels when it seems he did not buy in before the increase in price or did not sell before the fall. If the increase/fall is still happening while the trader is experiencing FOMO, it can force him to make an irrational decision. For example, those who bought Bitcoin at 19 000+ USD during the late 2017 bull run were experiencing FOMO.

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FUD

FUD – short for Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt. Describes the act of sharing negative rumors about a certain cryptocurrency or the market in general, which can negatively affect their price. Usually the rumors are not based on any evidence.

Metaverse

Metaverse is a digital world. It is a virtual reality and digital representation of the real world, where users can interact, play games and experience things or activities as they would in the real world. In the metaverse, cryptocurrencies serves as means of conducting transactions.

Physical Cryptocurrency Wallet

Physical cryptocurrency wallet – a physical object containing user’s private keys. There are several types of physical wallets: Hardware wallet is a device that has user’s private keys saved to its memory. In order to access them, user has to connect such a wallet to a device that is connected to the Internet, such as PC or smartphone, and enter a pin code. For example, Ledger Nano X is a hardware wallet; Paper wallet is a copy or printout of user’s public and private keys.

Pump And Dump

Pump and Dump – a fraudulent scheme. Involves artificially increasing the price of a certain cryptocurrency just to sell it before the "bubble" bursts. Is accountable for sudden spikes in cryptocurrency price charts.

Hash Rate

Hash rate – also known as hash power, is a value that represents a number of times a hash function can be computed per second by a miner or the whole network. This value depends on 2 factors: The actual computing power of a miner; The network a miner works in. Difficulty of hash function can be different in different networks. For example, the hash rate of Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB, one of the most popular GPUs for mining, in Ethereum network is approximately 24 MHash/s. It means that this GPU is able to run hash algorithm approximately 24 million times per second.

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