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Double Spending

What is the Double Spending Problem? Double spending, in technical jargon, refers to the same units of a “digital” currency being spent twice. Such a…

Dump

What Does Dump Mean? A dump – i.e., a crash in prices – is achieved when many investors sell (digital) assets simultaneously and early. In…

Early Adopter

What is an Early Adopter? An early adopter is a person or company that develops an interest in innovative products, assets, or technologies very early…

EIP-1559

EIP-1559 is the name of an important Ethereum upgrade to make the fees in the Ethereum network (gas) more transparent. What is EIP-1559 (London Upgrade)…

Encryption

Encryption describes the process of encrypting something. A blockchain is a special data structure with inherent security features. A blockchain is based on the principles…

Enterprise Blockchains

Blockchain technology offers companies a variety of ways to optimize their business processes. It increases the security, transparency, and traceability of the data exchanged within…

ERC-20 Token

What are ERC-20 Tokens? ERC-20 tokens are those digital currencies that are used in the Ethereum network. ERC-20 is (so far) a kind of gold…

ERC-721 Token

ERC-721 tokens are NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens). What are ERC-721 Tokens? ERC-721 tokens in the Ethereum blockchain can be assigned to the non-fungible token (NFT) category….

Escrow

The English term Escrow can be translated into German as “Treuhand” (trusteeship). The translation as “Hinterlegung” (deposit) is also used. Accordingly, an escrow account is…