Important Blockchain & Crypto terms & jargon
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Taint
The percentage of cryptocurrency in an account that can be traced to another account.
Take-Profit
A take-profit order is an act of selling cryptocurrency to secure profits. It is usually executed at a predetermined price when the trade is in profit.
Tangle
Is a blockchain alternative developed by IOTA, using directed acyclic graphs which only builds in one single direction and in a way that it never repeats, and is quantum-computing resistant.
Taproot
Is an instantiation of a soft fork for Bitcoin, intended to both improve privacy and improve other aspects tied to more complex transactions.
Tardigrade ( Storj )
Is the decentralized cloud storage service provided by the Storj platform.
TA - Technical Analysis / Trend Analysis
An evaluation method involving statistical analyses of the market, such as price and volume. Charts and other tools are used to identify patterns to underpin and drive investment decisions.
Technical Indicator
Is a statistical algorithm or pattern-based indication based on a security's or contract's historical price, volume, and/or open interest.
Tendermint
Is a consensus mechanism that allows applications to launch across different machines securely and consistently.
Testnet
An alternative blockchain used by developers for testing before release the Mainnet.
The Barbell Strategy
A method in which investors put their money in two extremes of high-risk and no-risk assets while ignoring the middle-risk assets.
The DAO
Is the first decentralized autonomous organization, which was created by a group of developers in April 2016.
The Merge ( Ethereum 2.0 )
Is a network upgrade that will combine the Ethereum mainnet and the Beacon Chain to transition from the proof-of-work consensus mechanism to the proof-of-stake system.
TLT - Think Long Term
A mindset where you have a longer-term investment horizon of months to years.
This Is Gentlemen
Originally an error in writing the full “This is it, gentlemen”. It is now used as an introduction for good news.
Ticker
An abbreviation used to uniquely identify cryptocurrencies. *see Symbol.
TWAMM - Time Weighted Automated Market Maker
Aim is to help traders execute large orders with minimal slippage and low gas fees without negatively affecting the price.
TWAP - Time Weighted Average Price
Is a trading indicator, which shows the average price of an asset as it rises and falls during a given or specific time period.
Timelock / Locktime
A condition for a transaction to only be processed at a certain time or block on the blockchain.
Timestamps
A form of identification for when a certain transaction occurred.
Tipset
Is a set, rather than a chain, of blocks that make up a blockchain.
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