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Glossary
Every term you will meet on this site and most you will meet elsewhere, defined in one sentence a beginner can read and then explained properly. Where a term is routinely misunderstood, the entry says how.
Consensus & Security22Cryptography8Custody & Access15Data & Measurement27DeFi17Foundations20Institutional Access13Market Structure28Regulation & Policy19Risk & Failure Modes23Scaling & Infrastructure18Stablecoins13Tokens & Supply37
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| Term | Category | In one sentence |
|---|---|---|
| EIP-1559 | Foundations | The Ethereum change that replaced blind fee auctions with a protocol-set base fee that is destroyed, plus an optional tip. |
| ERC-20 | Tokens & Supply | The most widely used Ethereum standard for interchangeable tokens, defining how balances are read and transfers are authorized. |
| ERC-721 | Tokens & Supply | The Ethereum standard for non-fungible tokens, where every token has a unique identifier and exactly one owner. |
| EVM | Scaling & Infrastructure | Ethereum's virtual machine, and the de facto standard that many other chains copy so the same contracts can run on them. |
| Emission Schedule | Tokens & Supply | The published plan for how many new units will be created over time and who receives them. |
| Exchange Netflow | Data & Measurement | The value of an asset moving into exchange-labeled wallets minus the value moving out, measured over a period. |
| Exchange-Traded Product | Institutional Access | An umbrella term for investment vehicles whose shares trade on a stock exchange, including registered funds, commodity trusts, and debt notes. |
| Exit Scam | Risk & Failure Modes | When a business holding customer funds stops honoring withdrawals and its operators disappear with the balance. |