APR, or annual percentage rate, is the simple yearly rate before compounding. APY, or annual percentage yield, includes compounding. Same underlying r…
A crypto airdrop is a distribution of free tokens sent directly to wallet addresses, usually to reward people who used a protocol before it had a toke…
The crypto market cycle describes the repeating pattern of accumulation, advance, distribution, and decline that the market has moved through since 20…
DYOR stands for "do your own research." Appearing constantly in crypto, usually appended to a recommendation, it means investigate before buying rathe…
Gas fees are what you pay to have a transaction processed on a blockchain. Miners or validators doing the work get compensated. Block space is finite,…
A Layer 1 is a base blockchain that settles its own transactions and secures itself, without depending on another network underneath. Bitcoin, Ethereu…
