crypto
Blockchain-based money
Crypto is shorthand for cryptocurrency—digital currencies like Bitcoin that use cryptographic technology for secure transactions.
The term dominates casual discussion of this financial space: I've been investing in crypto, The crypto market crashed.
Crypto can also be a prefix meaning hidden or secret, as in cryptography or cryptozoology, though the currency sense now overshadows these uses.
Financial record book
- miningExtracting earth's resources
- decentralizedLacking single authority
- nodesPoints of connection
- smart contractsSelf-enforcing coded agreements
hash · consensus · blocks · chain · peer-to-peer · proof of work · proof of stake · fork
Hidden writing system
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
- RSAPublic-key encryption algorithm
- AESSymmetric encryption standard
- hashingOne-way data transformation
symmetric · asymmetric · plaintext · ciphertext · codebreaking · steganography · nonce · digital signature
Mutual giving and receiving
- walletSmall case for currency
- altcoinAlternative digital currency
- tokenRepresentative placeholder
- volatilityRapid, unpredictable changeability
speculation · bullish · bearish · whale · pump and dump · market cap · liquidity · leverage
Confidential decryption credential
- two-factorAuthentication using paired credentials
- cold walletOffline cryptocurrency storage device
- hardware walletDevice storing private keys offline
- phishingFraudulent credential harvesting
hack · ransomware · rug pull · scam · Ponzi · authentication · backup · air-gapped
ledger
Financial record book
- miningExtracting earth's resources
- decentralizedLacking single authority
- nodesPoints of connection
smart contracts · hash · consensus · blocks · chain · peer-to-peer · proof of work · proof of stake · fork · wallet
cipher
Hidden writing system
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
- RSAPublic-key encryption algorithm
- AESSymmetric encryption standard
hashing · symmetric · asymmetric · plaintext · ciphertext · codebreaking · steganography · nonce · digital signature · Enigma
exchange
Mutual giving and receiving
volatility · speculation · bullish · bearish · whale · pump and dump · market cap · liquidity · leverage · arbitrage
private key
Confidential decryption credential
- two-factorAuthentication using paired credentials
- cold walletOffline cryptocurrency storage device
- hardware walletDevice storing private keys offline
phishing · hack · ransomware · rug pull · scam · Ponzi · authentication · backup · air-gapped · custodial
- 2020s trendssocial media, influencers, streaming, TikTok, Instagram
- alternative currencylocal currency, scrip, digital currency, Bitcoin, Ethereum
- tech movementsfree software, open source, hacktivism, maker movement, copyleft
- JavaJDK, JAR, JVM, bytecode, packages
- moneydollar, euro, coin, cash, pound
- digital societysocial networks, internet, digital age, internet culture, digital natives
cryptofiat
Authoritative official decree
fiat currency · national currency · legal tender · USD · euros
cryptoplaintext
Unencoded readable information
cleartext · unencrypted · open · transparent · public
cryptocentral banking
State management of currency
Federal Reserve · Wall Street · Keynesian economics · monetary policy · old money
- crypto miningGenerating blockchain currency computationally
- crypto tradingBuying and selling cryptocurrency
- crypto scamFraudulent cryptocurrency scheme
- crypto brosBlockchain-obsessed young men
- crypto marketDigital currency marketplace
- cryptic messageObscure, puzzling communication
cryptic, crypt, cryptosporidium, apocryphal, cryptogram, decrypt, encryption, encrypt, encrypted