5 A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z

51% Attack

The Bitcoin network is decentralized. This means that no central authority governs the Bitcoin protocol. So-called Bitcoin miners are responsible for validating transactions on the…

Airdrop

An airdrop is the free distribution of cryptocurrencies to wallets, primarily for marketing reasons. With this, the developers primarily want to reward early supporters of…

Altcoins

What are Altcoins? We call all cryptocurrencies outside of Bitcoin altcoins. The name does not describe old coins, but alternative coins. There are no specific…

Arbitrage

In professional jargon, the term arbitrage is used when traders take advantage of the differences between prices at which digital currencies are traded on different…

ASIC

In the crypto industry, ASIC or application-specific integrated circuits refer to mining devices whose functionality is adapted to a specific algorithm. Devices of this type…

Ask (Ask Price)

In the trading of digital currencies and other assets, the ask price is the price at which participants in a market are willing to make…

ATM

The abbreviation ATM stands for the term “Automated Teller Machine(s)”, i.e. machines for obtaining/withdrawing money. The term is common both in the field of fiat…