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Blockchain Basics
A collection of basic blockchain terms and concepts
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46 articles in this collection
Written by
Jay Kurahashi-Sofue,
Rocky Rock,
Jovica Popovic
and 1 other
General
What is the history of blockchain?
Written by
Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago
What are Fake Tokens?
Written by
Perry
Updated over a week ago
What is a "Secret Recovery Phrase?"
Written by
Perry
Updated over a week ago
What is a blockchain?
Written by
Jay Kurahashi-Sofue
Updated over a week ago
What is a block explorer?
Written by
Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago
What is a transaction?
Written by
Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago
What is a Stablecoin?
Written by
Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago
What does "DYOR" mean?
Written by
Perry
Updated over a week ago
What are oracles?
Written by
Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago
What is a smart contract?
Written by
Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago
What are smart digital assets?
Written by
Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago
Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
What is decentralized finance (DeFi)?
Written by
Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago
What is a decentralized exchange (DEX)?
Written by
Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago
What is an automated market maker (AMM)?
Written by
Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago
What is a decentralized application (dApp)?
Written by
Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago
What is a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO)?
Written by
Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago
What is arbitrage?
Written by
Jay Kurahashi-Sofue
Updated over a week ago
What is a derivative?
Written by
Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago
What is a flash loan?
Written by
Jay Kurahashi-Sofue
Updated over a week ago
What is yield farming?
Written by
Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago
Protocol
What is a consensus protocol?
Written by
Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago
What is Byzantine Fault Tolerance (BFT)?
Written by
Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago
What is transactional finality?
Written by
Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago
What is transactional throughput (TPS)?
Written by
Rocky Rock
Updated this week
What is a sybil attack?
Written by
Jay Kurahashi-Sofue
Updated over a week ago
What is MEV or miner extractable value?
Written by
Jay Kurahashi-Sofue
Updated over a week ago
Staking
What is staking?
Written by
Jay Kurahashi-Sofue
Updated over a week ago
What are validator/staking rewards?
Written by
Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago
What is a blockchain validator?
Written by
Jay Kurahashi-Sofue
Updated over a week ago
How does proof-of-stake work?
Written by
Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago
Wallets
What is a blockchain wallet?
Written by
Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago
What is the difference between a cold and hot wallet?
Written by
Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago
What is a non-custodial wallet?
Written by
Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago
What is an HD wallet?
Written by
Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago
What is an address?
Written by
Jay Kurahashi-Sofue
Updated over a week ago
What are public and private keys?
Written by
Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago
NFT
What are non-fungible tokens (NFTs)?
Written by
Rocky Rock
Updated this week
What is minting?
Written by
Rocky Rock
Updated this week
Glossary
What is Bech32?
Written by
Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago
Legal Disclosure
Written by
Perry
Updated over a week ago
What is CB58?
Written by
Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago
What is an ERC-20?
Written by
Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago
What is open source?
Written by
Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago
What is the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)?
Written by
Rocky Rock
Updated this week
What is Solidity?
Written by
Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago
What units of measure are used on Avalanche?
common units of measure
Written by
Jovica Popovic
Updated over a week ago