cryptocurrencies
Decentralized digital assets
Cryptocurrencies are digital currencies that use cryptography for security and operate on decentralized networks, typically blockchains.
Bitcoin was the first; thousands now exist.
Unlike traditional currencies, they aren't issued by governments or central banks.
She converted her savings to cryptocurrency.
The singular cryptocurrency often refers to the concept or technology broadly.
Peer-to-peer electronic cash
- EthereumProgrammable blockchain network
- ledgerFinancial record book
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
- miningExtracting earth's resources
nodes · consensus · proof-of-work · proof-of-stake · wallet · hashrate · distributed · tokenization
Collected works or assets
- tradingExchanging for value
- assetsOwned items of value
- returnsProfits from investments
- bullishExpecting market gains
bearish · liquidity · diversification · allocation · staking · yield · DeFi · exchange
Rapid, unpredictable changeability
- bubblesGas-filled liquid spheres
- marginEdge of a page
- leverageBorrowed capital for amplified returns
- shortingCreating unintended circuit connection
arbitrage · day-trading · FOMO · moon · rug-pull · Dogecoin · liquidation · futures
Unknown identity state
- pseudonymityState of using aliases
- fungibilityQuality of being substitutable
- untraceableImpossible to follow back
- mixerCombines ingredients or people
Bitcoin
Peer-to-peer electronic cash
- EthereumProgrammable blockchain network
- ledgerFinancial record book
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
mining · nodes · consensus · proof-of-work · proof-of-stake · wallet · hashrate · distributed · tokenization · sidechains
portfolio
Collected works or assets
bullish · bearish · liquidity · diversification · allocation · staking · yield · DeFi · exchange · Coinbase
volatility
Rapid, unpredictable changeability
shorting · arbitrage · day-trading · FOMO · moon · rug-pull · Dogecoin · liquidation · futures · options
anonymity
Unknown identity state
- pseudonymityState of using aliases
- fungibilityQuality of being substitutable
- untraceableImpossible to follow back
mixer · tumbler · zero-knowledge · obfuscation · self-custody
- assetsproperty, cash, money, investments, bank accounts
- fast-growingkudzu, wildfire, tumors, cancer, viruses
- social trendsincome inequality, feminism, social mobility, environmentalism, wealth gap
- e-commercecheckout, shopping cart, online shopping, cart, online retail
- financebank, CFO, banks, controller, finance
- tradingbid, buy, ask, sell, trading
cryptocurrenciesfiat currency
State-issued unbacked tender
fiat money · legal tender · paper money · bank deposits · banknotes
cryptocurrenciescash
Ready spending funds
hard currency · coins · banknotes · paper money · specie
cryptocurrencieswire transfers
Electronic fund transmissions
clearing houses · bank transfers · SWIFT · checks · PayPal
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