Byzantine Fault Tolerance or the Double Spending Problem
The Byzantine question was a classical problem in cryptography which dealt with how a digital currency can be prevented from being spent twice.
Category Crypto
Blockchain
A blockchain is a decentralized ledger composed of blocks to record transactions in an anonymous, secure, and trustless manner.
Asynchronous Ledger
An asynchronous ledger is a type of blockchain that allows transactions or data updates to be processed without consensus.
Asset Tokenization
Asset Tokenization refers to the conversion of traditional assets like Stocks, Bonds, Currency, Real Estate, and other assets into blockchain tokens.
Arbitrage
Arbitrage is a trading technique used to buy an asset for cheap and sell it for more price by taking the benefit of two different prices for the same asset in different markets.
ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit)
ASICs are special-purpose computers that are created for singular applications.
Decentralized Exchange (DEX)
A Decentralized Exchange or DEX is a cryptocurrency exchange that does not have centralized control or centralized existence.
Atomic Swap
An atomic swap is a decentralized exchange mechanism that enables the direct exchange of cryptocurrencies between two parties without any intermediary.
Altcoin Season Index
The Altcoin Season Index is a metric that measures the performance of altcoins relative to Bitcoin
Altcoin Season
An Altcoin Season is a period where the price growth in the altcoin markets shadows that of Bitcoin. The Altcoin Season generally comes after a Bitcoin Halving event and lasts about 1 to 1.5 years. This season is also marked…
Altcoin
An Altcoin is any cryptocurrency other than Bitcoin. They are named so because Bitcoin dominates more than 50% of the crypto market cap. The term altcoin stands for Alternative Coin. Some examples are Ethereum, BNB, Solana, Dogecoin and even Wrapped…
Algorithmic Stablecoin
An algorithmic stablecoin is a type of cryptocurrency designed to maintain a stable value through the usage of an algorithm, such as the burn mechanism.