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Our cryptocurrency glossary helps you decipher crypto jargon back into plain English. Learn the terms that you’ll come across on your crypto journey.

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Node

Any device that participates in a blockchain network. Normally, nodes are computers or servers that provide some function to the network they’re connected to. A node’s role is dictated by the protocol of the network.

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Crypto Assets

Crypto assets, or "cryptoassets", are purely digital assets that use blockchain technology to create, verify and secure transactions. The crypto market is made up of thousands of different...

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Terms that start with “I”

  1. Immutability

    A core feature of blockchains that makes their ledgers, the data record of transactions, unchangeable and unalterable. Immutability drives the trustworthiness and integrity of blockchain data as chain transactions and rulesets are protected from fraud, hacking and other wrongdoing.

  2. Initial Coin Offering (ICO)

    A token sale or crowdfunding event offered by cryptocurrency startups, existing projects, and blockchains, looking to raise money from investors to fund new and ongoing development. It’s very similar to initial public offerings (IPO) that take place in the traditional finance world of stocks. ICOs sometimes offer pre-sale or discounted token prices in exchange for capital investment.

Traders need to distinguish between trade outcomes and trade decisions. Sometimes, a good decision may have a poor outcome, and a poor decision may have a beneficial outcome.Jack D. Schwager