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Explore 202+ clear, technical, and objective definitions defining the decentralized future.
A real-time list of all buy (bids) and sell (asks) orders for a trading pair, showing market depth at different price levels.
Record of every order you have placed (filled, canceled, or pending).
Ordinals is a protocol that allows arbitrary data — images, text, code — to be inscribed directly onto individual satoshis (the smallest unit of Bitcoin), turning each satoshi into a unique, identifiable, transferable digital artifact. The result is Bitcoin-native NFTs.
Peer-to-peer marketplace on the CEX where users buy/sell crypto directly with each other using local bank transfers or cash methods.
Simulated trading on an exchange using virtual (fake) funds that mirror real market prices, order books, and conditions — without risking any real money.
A passkey wallet is a crypto wallet that uses platform-level passkeys — biometric or device-bound credentials standardized through WebAuthn — instead of a traditional seed phrase or password. Authorization happens through Face ID, fingerprint, or a hardware security module.
A perpetual DEX is a decentralized exchange specialized in trading perpetual futures contracts. It enables on-chain leverage trading without a centralized custodian or order book operator, typically using an automated market maker, oracle pricing, or an on-chain order book.
Perpetual Futures (Perps) Derivative contracts that track the price of an underlying asset (e.g., BTC) with no expiration date, settled in cash or stablecoins.
Phishing is a scam where attackers trick users into revealing private information or signing harmful transactions.
Points farming is the practice of accumulating off-chain "points" issued by a protocol that the protocol may later use to determine token airdrop allocations. Points are not tokens, do not have a guaranteed conversion rate, and are entirely at the issuer's discretion.
The overall view of all your holdings, balances, and current values across spot, futures, and other wallets.
Account setting determining if you can hold both long and short positions simultaneously (Hedge) or only one direction (One-Way).
A limit order flag that ensures the order only adds liquidity to the order book (acts as maker) and is canceled/rejected if it would immediately match/take existing orders.
A private key is a secret cryptographic code that proves ownership of crypto assets and allows the holder to authorize transactions.
Proof of personhood (PoP) is a system that verifies an account corresponds to a unique human being, without necessarily revealing that human's identity. It is the cryptographic answer to "how do you ensure one person, one account?"
Proof of Reserves (PoR) is a verification process that demonstrates a centralized custodian (exchange, lender, stablecoin issuer) holds the assets it claims to hold on behalf of its users. The strongest forms are cryptographic and verifiable by any user.
Proof of Stake is a blockchain consensus system where validators secure the network by staking coins.
Proof of Work is a blockchain consensus system where miners use computing power to secure the network.
A proposal is a formal suggestion submitted to a DAO or project community for discussion and voting.
A public key is the cryptographic key that can be shared openly and is used to receive cryptocurrency or verify a digital signature.