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Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Dictionary

A complete list of crypto definitions

Cryptocurrency and blockchain glossary

Commonly used terms in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrency

Terms commonly used in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrency

Crane

This is a special application or site that allow you to get a certain number of so -called test tokens on your wallet and use them in the future to perform various tasks, for example, twisters.

Other Important Terms

Hamster

A beginner, neophyte, a person who has no competencies, skills and experience in the cryptocurrency industry. As a rule, a very naive, lazy and unpromitative, in connection with which it becomes a victim of fraudulent projects in this area.

IDO

This is a format for attracting investments in which the sale of tokens to investors of any project is organized on a decentralized exchange, for example, Pancakeswap. ILO (Initial Liquidity Offering) - a type of IDO when funds are sent to the liquidity pool

Anti-Money Laundering

AML is the abbreviation for ‘anti-money laundering’. AML stands for policy and legislation on money laundering. This prevents illegally acquired funds from being converted into a legal variant. Within the crypto world, it is no longer unusual for AML techniques to be used by exchanges and wallets. This term is often used as AML/KYC, where KYC stands for ‘Know your customer’.

IRL

The abbreviation denoting what is happening in real life (outside the Internet) - is used in correspondence or as a hashtag on a tweeter

Wall

A huge order for a purchase or sale that can stop, respectively, a growth or fall in the course. It happens that the walls are the manipulation of whales to confuse hamsters.      

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