What is an NFT? Digital ownership on a blockchain
An NFT is a unique blockchain token that records ownership of a digital item. It does not transfer the file, and its value can be hard to recover.
By Vahe HakobyanRead
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An NFT is a unique blockchain token that records ownership of a digital item. It does not transfer the file, and its value can be hard to recover.
By Vahe HakobyanRead
A token approval lets a DeFi app spend a token from your wallet, but it does not move the tokens by itself. You can review and revoke it later.
By Vahe HakobyanRead
A take profit order closes a crypto trade automatically when the market reaches a price you set. The price you get can differ from your target.
By Vahe HakobyanRead
Support and resistance are price areas where crypto buyers and sellers have often reacted. They are zones, not exact lines, and traders watch breaks.
By Vahe HakobyanRead
A crypto candlestick shows open, high, low, and close for one period. Read the body, wicks, color, and volume bar; colors can vary by exchange.
By Vahe HakobyanRead
A crypto airdrop sends tokens to wallets that meet a project's rules. You claim one at the official site with a self-custody wallet and the right network.
By Vahe HakobyanRead
An NFT royalty pays a creator each time the NFT is resold. Marketplaces decide whether to honor it, and some made payments optional in 2023.
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A perpetual DEX is an onchain exchange for crypto futures that never expire, settled by smart contracts, with funding rates. US access is often restricted.
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A DeFi vault is a smart contract that pools crypto and runs a yield strategy, usually by lending or providing liquidity through other protocols.
By Vahe HakobyanRead
Liquidity mining programs pay crypto rewards for supplying tokens to a DeFi pool. Rewards mix trading fees and extra tokens, and impermanent loss is a risk.
By Vahe HakobyanRead
A protocol treasury is an on-chain pool of funds that a crypto project's governance controls. Votes guide spending, and signers move the money.
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DAO voting lets token or membership holders decide proposals after forum discussion. You sign a vote with a compatible wallet and voting power.
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Slippage on a DEX is the gap between the quoted price and the price your swap gets. Pool depth and trade size usually decide that gap on a swap.
By Vahe HakobyanRead
Restaking means using crypto you already staked to secure extra networks and earn more rewards. The same stake then answers to more than one slashing rule.
By Vahe HakobyanRead
Maximal extractable value is the extra profit from ordering transactions in a block. Searchers, builders and validators usually compete for that profit.
By Vahe HakobyanRead
A slippage limit caps how far a token price can move before your swap fails. Connect your wallet, open DEX settings, and choose a value based on liquidity.
By Vahe HakobyanRead
A flash loan attack uses an instant, uncollateralized loan to exploit a DeFi protocol, often by manipulating a price oracle inside one transaction.
By Vahe HakobyanRead
A flash loan is crypto borrowed and repaid in one blockchain transaction; if repayment fails, the whole transaction is reversed. It needs a smart contract.
By Vahe HakobyanRead
DeFi depends on price oracles because smart contracts cannot read outside prices. Oracles bring market data on-chain for loans, swaps and stablecoins.
By Vahe HakobyanRead
A DeFi oracle feeds outside data into smart contracts so apps can use prices and events. It gathers and writes that data on-chain for lending apps.
By Vahe HakobyanRead
An NFT is a unique blockchain token that records ownership of a digital item. It does not transfer the file, and its value can be hard to recover.
A token approval lets a DeFi app spend a token from your wallet, but it does not move the tokens by itself. You can review and revoke it later.
A take profit order closes a crypto trade automatically when the market reaches a price you set. The price you get can differ from your target.
Support and resistance are price areas where crypto buyers and sellers have often reacted. They are zones, not exact lines, and traders watch breaks.
A crypto candlestick shows open, high, low, and close for one period. Read the body, wicks, color, and volume bar; colors can vary by exchange.
A crypto airdrop sends tokens to wallets that meet a project's rules. You claim one at the official site with a self-custody wallet and the right network.
An NFT royalty pays a creator each time the NFT is resold. Marketplaces decide whether to honor it, and some made payments optional in 2023.
A perpetual DEX is an onchain exchange for crypto futures that never expire, settled by smart contracts, with funding rates. US access is often restricted.
A DeFi vault is a smart contract that pools crypto and runs a yield strategy, usually by lending or providing liquidity through other protocols.
Liquidity mining programs pay crypto rewards for supplying tokens to a DeFi pool. Rewards mix trading fees and extra tokens, and impermanent loss is a risk.
A protocol treasury is an on-chain pool of funds that a crypto project's governance controls. Votes guide spending, and signers move the money.
DAO voting lets token or membership holders decide proposals after forum discussion. You sign a vote with a compatible wallet and voting power.
Slippage on a DEX is the gap between the quoted price and the price your swap gets. Pool depth and trade size usually decide that gap on a swap.
Restaking means using crypto you already staked to secure extra networks and earn more rewards. The same stake then answers to more than one slashing rule.
Maximal extractable value is the extra profit from ordering transactions in a block. Searchers, builders and validators usually compete for that profit.
A slippage limit caps how far a token price can move before your swap fails. Connect your wallet, open DEX settings, and choose a value based on liquidity.
A flash loan attack uses an instant, uncollateralized loan to exploit a DeFi protocol, often by manipulating a price oracle inside one transaction.
A flash loan is crypto borrowed and repaid in one blockchain transaction; if repayment fails, the whole transaction is reversed. It needs a smart contract.
DeFi depends on price oracles because smart contracts cannot read outside prices. Oracles bring market data on-chain for loans, swaps and stablecoins.
A DeFi oracle feeds outside data into smart contracts so apps can use prices and events. It gathers and writes that data on-chain for lending apps.