100 Essential Vocabulary Concepts Every Web3 Beginner Should Know

Mixing in the crypto world, it's best to remember these commonly used terms. I have compiled 100 common terms from A-Z.#

1-10#

ATH—All-Time High;
Aggregators—Aggregators: A new type of decentralized exchange platform that connects liquidity pools from different platforms to provide users with the best trading prices.
APY—Annual Percentage Yield: Actual annual yield, considering the compounding factor.
Arbitrage—Arbitrage: Buying tokens on a low-priced platform and selling them for profit on a high-priced platform.
APR—Annual Percentage Rate: Actual annual return rate, not considering the impact of compounding.
AMM—Automated Market Maker: An automated trading program realized through algorithms.
AML—Anti-Money Laundering: Measures to prevent the legitimization of illegal funds.
AMA—Ask Me Anything: A common way for project teams to communicate with users.
BD—Business Development: Responsible for communication and relationship maintenance with partners, as well as proactive public relations to acquire target users.
Byzantine Generals Problem—The more network nodes there are, the harder it is to reach consensus across the network.

11-20#

Impossible Triangle—Decentralization, Scalability, Security: No consensus mechanism currently can perfectly balance all three.
Super Mario—Project teams have high control, and the candlestick chart shows extreme volatility.
Genesis Block—The first block created in a blockchain.
Collateral—Assets provided by the debtor as security for the debt.
CEX—Centralized Exchange: User assets are held and controlled centrally by the exchange.
CEFI—Centralized Finance: Traditional entities including banks, financial institutions, and exchanges.
veToken—Voting Escrow Token Model: Holders lock tokens in exchange for governance rights in the protocol, such as CRV, BAL, YFI.
Governance Token Model—Governance: Tokens that grant owners voting rights in a specific protocol, with voting rights calculated based on token weight or time weight.
Token-weighted Voting—The more governance tokens held, the greater the decision-making weight.
Time-weighted Voting—The longer the tokens are locked, the greater the voting power, such as UNI, COMP, ENS.

21-30#

Doxx—Reveal Publicly: Indicates that the project is not anonymous, while undoxx represents anonymity.
DYOR—Do Your Own Research: User disclaimer.
Floor Price—The lowest selling price in the NFT market.
DAO—Decentralized Autonomous Organization: Operates autonomously on the blockchain through smart contracts without central control.
DEX—Decentralized Exchange: Users have complete control over assets in their wallets or smart contracts.
DEFI—Decentralized Finance;
DAPP—Decentralized Application: Open-source software running on a decentralized network.
EVM—Ethereum Virtual Machine: A decentralized cloud server that supports the automatic execution of uploaded contracts.
ERC-1155—NFT Ethereum Protocol: Allows the minting of limited and repeatable NFTs.
ETF—Exchange-Traded Fund: Buying a Bitcoin ETF is equivalent to investing in a Bitcoin index.

31-40#

ERC-721—NFT Ethereum Protocol: Each minted NFT has uniqueness.
ERC-20—Token Standard: Supports developers in creating custom tokens on Ethereum.
FUD—Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt: Market sentiments of fear, uncertainty, and doubt.
Fair Launch—Ensures equal participation opportunities for everyone during the project token issuance.
GAS WAR—On-chain transaction competition driving up transaction fees.
HODL—Holding Bitcoin for more than three years.
Dutch Auction—A descending price auction mechanism.
IMO—In My Opinion: Expression of personal opinion.
ITO—Initial Twitter Offering: The first token sale conducted via Twitter.
IEO—Initial Exchange Offering: The first issuance of exchange platform tokens.

41-50#

IPFS—Decentralized Distributed Storage Protocol.
IGO—Initial Game Offering: The first public sale of game assets.
INO—Initial NFT Offering: The first public sale of NFTs.
IFO—Initial Fork Offering: The first issuance of new digital currencies based on mainstream coin forks.
IDO—Initial Digital Assets Offering: The first asset token invitation repurchase issuance, incentivizing users to acquire tokens through task rewards.
ICO—Initial Coin Offering: The first public sale of tokens.
Interaction—Operations using projects that have not issued tokens but are already online.
Mining Pool—Vault strategies: Automatically switches computing power to mine high-yield coins, enhancing user returns.
KYC—Know Your Customer: Usually includes name, ID card, and mobile verification.
Air Token—Tokens without actual value support.

51-60#

Cross-Chain Bridge—A bridge used to transfer assets from one blockchain to another.
Open a Ticket—Creating a separate channel in Discord.
Liquidity Pool—Single-coin staking behavior in exchanges, suitable for long-term investment and blue-chip coins, reducing currency value fluctuation risks.
Limit Order—Current price order trading method.
Circulating Market Cap—The number of circulating tokens at a specific time multiplied by the current price.
Quantitative Trading—Trading strategies that use mathematical models instead of subjective judgment.
MeMe Coin—Tokens that easily trigger FOMO sentiments.
Fed Dovish—A moderate stance on diplomatic or military issues.
Pegging—One party in a transaction bases its actions on the other party's actions.
Fed Hawkish—A hardline stance on maintaining national interests.

61-70#

Fed Interest Rate Hike: Raising interest rates, the opposite being rate cuts. Effects include: individuals are more inclined to save, reducing market liquidity; businesses reduce loans due to high interest rates.
MOD—Administrator role.
NFA—Not Financial Advice.
OTC—Over-the-Counter trading method.
PR—Public Relations: Market relationships and publicity during the fundraising process.
POS—Proof of Stake: A consensus mechanism where the amount of tokens held determines rewards.
POW—Proof of Work: A consensus mechanism where computational power determines rewards, such as mining with mining machines.
Paper Hand—Investors who sell tokens too early.
PND—Pump and Dump strategy.
Block Height—The number of connected blocks on the blockchain.

71-80#

Liquidation—When the value of collateral approaches or falls below the debt, DeFi allows others to purchase the collateral.
Block Header—Stores block header information, including previous block hash, current block hash, and timestamp.
Block Body—Stores detailed data of the block, such as transaction records.
Full Node Wallet—Such as Bitcoin-core, synchronizes all blockchain data, achieving complete decentralization.
Cold Wallet—Cryptocurrency wallet not connected to the internet.
Public Key—An open address similar to a bank card number.
Private Key—A combination similar to a bank card number and password, which must be kept confidential.
Mnemonic Phrase—A memorable phrase used to manage private keys.
Hot Wallet—Private keys stored in a network-accessible location.
Real Yield—The actual yield generated by DeFi protocols, not yield from token issuance.

81-90#

RWV—Risk-Weighted Asset: Bank assets calculated based on the risk classification of assets.
Rug Pull—Project team absconding.
Rebase—A dynamic adjustment mechanism for token supply.
ROI—Return on Investment: The ratio of investment returns, calculated as (pre-tax profit/investment total) × 100%.
SFYL—Sorry for Your Loss: A phrase of comfort for significant losses or missed opportunities.
Double Spend—Malicious users attempting to pay tokens to two recipients simultaneously.
Timestamp—A mark verifying that data existed completely before a specific time.
Slippage—The phenomenon of the difference between the specified trading price and the actual transaction price.
SocialFi—Socialized financial model.
STO—Security Token Offering: Issuing securitized assets in the form of tokens.

91-100#

TPS—Transactions Per Second.
To the Moon—A phrase describing the soaring price of tokens.
Position—The initial position established.
Candy—Digital currency distributed for free during an ICO.
Missing Out—Selling tokens too early during a price increase and missing out on profits.
Whale—Individuals or institutions holding a large amount of cryptocurrency or NFTs.
WL—Whitelist qualification.
Impermanent Loss—Loss caused by the relative price fluctuations of staked tokens.
Greed Index—A market trading sentiment indicator, ranging from 0-100, with 100 indicating extreme greed.
Fear Index—A market trading sentiment indicator, ranging from 0-100, with 0 indicating extreme fear.

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