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Explore 202+ clear, technical, and objective definitions defining the decentralized future.
A fakeout is a false breakout where price briefly moves beyond a key level and then reverses.
Farcaster Frames are interactive mini-applications that render inside posts on the Farcaster social network. A frame can show a user interface — buttons, inputs, images — and execute on-chain transactions (mints, swaps, votes) without the user leaving the feed.
A faucet is a tool that gives small amounts of testnet tokens for free.
Government-issued money (USD, EUR, ZAR, etc.) used for deposits, withdrawals, or trading pairs on a CEX.
An order that must be filled completely and immediately, or it is entirely canceled (no partial fills).
A flash loan is an uncollateralized loan that must be borrowed and repaid within a single blockchain transaction. If the loan is not repaid by the end of the transaction, the entire transaction reverts as if nothing happened — making default impossible.
FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out). The anxiety-driven urge to buy an asset because you fear missing rapid gains others are making.
A fork is a change or split in a blockchain’s protocol, rules, or software that alters how the network operates.
FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) Deliberate or organic spread of negative news/rumors to create panic and drive prices down.
The funding rate is a periodic payment exchanged between long and short positions in perpetual futures markets, designed to keep the perpetual's price tethered to the underlying spot price. When longs pay shorts the rate is positive; when shorts pay longs it is negative.
Dedicated wallet for margin, futures, and perpetual trading (isolated or cross).
A gas fee is the cost paid to process a transaction or execute a smart contract action on a blockchain. It is the fee users pay to the network so their transaction can be included and confirmed.
The Genesis Block is the very first block of a blockchain.
A governance token is a token that grants its holders the right to vote on changes to a protocol — fee parameters, treasury spending, code upgrades, or strategic decisions. Holding the token is the on-chain equivalent of owning a share of the project's decision-making.
A physical, offline device (such as Ledger Nano S/X, Trezor Model T, or KeepKey) that securely stores your cryptocurrency private keys and signs transactions without ever exposing the keys to the internet or your computer/phone.
Hash rate measures the total computational power used in mining.
"Hold On for Dear Life" — a long-term passive investment strategy of holding cryptocurrencies through volatility without selling, originally from a 2013 Bitcoin forum typo for "hold."
A honeypot is a scam token that allows users to buy but prevents them from selling.
A honeypot contract is a malicious token or smart contract designed so that buyers can purchase it but cannot sell. The code includes hidden restrictions — blacklists, tax functions, or transfer locks — that only trigger when a non-deployer wallet tries to exit.
A hot wallet is a crypto wallet connected to the internet, typically used for quick access, trading, transfers, and interacting with decentralized applications.