Crypto Glossary
Plain-English definitions of the cryptocurrency, blockchain and trading terms you will meet as you learn.
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Mainnet
Mainnet is the primary blockchain network of a project: the live network where transactions are real, coins have real value, and confirmed records are…
Market Cap (Market Capitalization)
Market capitalization, or market cap, is the total value of a cryptocurrency’s circulating supply at its current price.
Memecoin
Memecoins are cryptocurrencies created as a joke or inspired by an internet meme, often promoted with claims that they offer their holders huge profits.
Merkle Tree
A Merkle tree is a data structure used in computer science and cryptography to verify the integrity of stored or transmitted data.
Metaverse
The metaverse is a digital universe that brings real-world elements, such as real-time interaction and economic structures, into shared virtual spaces.
Miner
A miner is a person, or a company, that mines to contribute to a blockchain network. Miners run specialized computers that bundle transactions into…
Miner Extractable Value (MEV)
Miner Extractable Value (MEV), also known as Maximal or Max Extractable Value, is a measure of the profit a block producer can make by deciding which…
Mining
Mining is the process of validating transactions and creating new blocks on a proof-of-work blockchain such as Bitcoin.