The Tiger and the Rabbit

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A

airdrop 

A marketing technique in which crypto projects send their native tokens directly to the wallets of their users to increase awareness and adoption.

altcoin 

Any cryptocurrency that wasn't Bitcoin; any new cryptocurrency with a relatively small market cap.

avatar 

A digital representation of a person for use in a game, metaverse, or digital universe.

B

Bitcoin 

The very first decentralized, peer‐to‐peer, digital currency, created by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009.

blockchain 

A publicly accessible digital ledger used to store and transfer information without the need for a central authority. Blockchains are the core technology on which cryptocurrency protocols like Bitcoin and Ethereum are built.

blockchain domain 

An easy‐to‐remember address for sending and receiving crypto. Instead of having to copy and paste long, complicated crypto addresses like bc1qw508d6qejxtdg4y5r3zarvary0c5xw7kv8f3t4, you can simply type in a blockchain domain like sandy.domain. Names minted on the blockchain allow people to govern their own data, set their Web3 username, take control of their digital worlds, and harness the power of the internet.

C

cryptocurrency 

A digital asset designed to be used as a medium of exchange. Cryptocurrencies are borderless, secure, and maintained by blockchains as opposed to centralized banks or governments.

D

DAO 

See decentralized autonomous organization.

Dapp 

See decentralized application.

decentralization 

The transfer ...