General Terms

Alpha

Early or exclusive information giving an investor an edge before it becomes public.

A network property allowing any valid transaction to be included regardless of submitter identity.

A service where a third party holds private keys on behalf of users.

Distribution of control and decision-making across many participants rather than one authority.

Short for degenerate - a trader taking extreme risks in high-risk crypto positions.

Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt - negative sentiment spread to drive prices down.

A service where users retain full control of their own private keys.

Open access to a network without requiring approval from any authority.

A system where participants do not need to trust each other because rules are enforced by code.

A detailed technical document explaining a project design, tokenomics, and problem it solves.