Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are blockchain tokens that are not interchangeable in general. Bitcoin, on the other hand, is a fungible token, which means that one bitcoin can be easily swapped for another bitcoin, much like one Canadian dollar can be...

The supply limit of Bitcoin and Ethereum represents a fundamental difference between the two cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin has a fixed supply limit of 21 million coins, which is hard-coded into its protocol. This finite cap is central to Bitcoin's value...

Automated market makers (AMMs) are decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols that allow traders to buy and sell cryptocurrencies without the need for traditional order books. Instead, AMMs use algorithms to determine asset prices based on the ratio of...

A hard copy containing bitcoin wallet information such as bitcoin addresses and their corresponding private keys. Paper wallets are often used to store bitcoins securely in a non-software capacity.

A computer mines cryptocurrency by performing specific tasks in exchange for a small amount of bitcoin. Cryptocurrency mining is analogous to mining other commodities: it requires work and gradually generates new money at a rate similar to how gold...

Crypto Script, also known as cryptocurrency script or script language, refers to the programming language used to write smart contracts and create customized transactions in blockchain-based cryptocurrencies. It provides a set of instructions that...

A spot market enables traders to buy and sell assets at current market prices. Crypto spot market transactions are settled on the spot immediately after both the buyer's and seller's orders are filled. Buyers, sellers, and an order book are all...

Theta is a piece of software that encourages a global network of computers to run a decentralized video streaming platform. Users now pay CDNs, which are geographically dispersed networks of operators, to deliver video streams. There are geographical...

Tezos is a blockchain platform that operates on a unique consensus mechanism known as "Liquid Proof-of-Stake" (LPoS). It was designed to address some of the issues commonly associated with other blockchain networks, such as scalability and...

Bitcoin mining is the process by which Bitcoin network participants achieve agreement on the next block of transactions to be added to the Bitcoin blockchain. For each new block, a group of users known as "miners" compete to solve a cryptographic...