Liquidity Pool

Yield Farming

A DeFi strategy where users provide liquidity to protocols in exchange for token rewards and interest.

Flash Loan

An uncollateralised loan in DeFi that must be borrowed and repaid within a single blockchain transaction.

Central Bank Digital Currency

A digital form of fiat currency issued and regulated by a country's central bank on blockchain infrastructure.

Stablecoin

A cryptocurrency designed to maintain a stable value by pegging it to a reserve asset like a fiat currency.

Liquid Staking

A mechanism that allows users to stake cryptocurrency while receiving a liquid derivative token representing their staked position, maintaining capital flexibility during the lock-up period.

Restaking

The practice of using already-staked cryptocurrency to simultaneously secure additional protocols or services, extending the economic security of one network to others.

A blockchain-based token that provides access to a specific product, service, or platform functionality, rather than representing ownership or investment rights.

A consensus mechanism where token holders vote for delegates who validate transactions on their behalf.

A digital system for recording, sharing, and synchronising data across multiple sites without a central administrator.

The method by which a distributed network agrees on the current state of the ledger and validates transactions.

The ability of a distributed system to reach consensus despite some nodes acting maliciously or failing.

A node in a proof-of-stake blockchain responsible for verifying transactions and proposing new blocks.

A consensus mechanism where validators are selected based on the amount of cryptocurrency they hold and stake.

A Layer 2 scaling solution that executes transactions off-chain and posts compressed transaction data to the main chain.