Glossary
139 terms to sharpen your crypto trading knowledge
Satoshi Nakomoto
Satoshi Nakamoto is the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, who published the foundational white paper in 2008 and launched the network in 2009 before disappearing from public view around 2010.
Seed
A seed phrase is a sequence of 12 to 24 words that serves as the master backup for a cryptocurrency wallet, capable of fully recovering all associated keys and funds on any compatible device.
Segregated Witness (SEGWIT)
Segregated Witness (SegWit) is a Bitcoin protocol upgrade that separates signature data from transaction data, increasing throughput, reducing fees, and enabling second-layer solutions like the Lightning Network.
Sentiment
Sentiment in trading refers to the overall mood of market participants — whether bullish or bearish — and is used as an indicator of how emotions and psychology are influencing price behavior.
Smart Contract
Smart contracts are self-executing programs on a blockchain that automatically enforce the terms of an agreement when predefined conditions are met, eliminating the need for intermediaries.
Stablecoin
Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies engineered to maintain a stable value relative to a reference asset like the US dollar, providing a low-volatility medium of exchange and store of value within the crypto ecosystem.
Support
Support is a price level in technical analysis where buying interest is strong enough to halt or reverse a price decline, acting as a floor that the market repeatedly bounces from.
Sybil Attack
A Sybil attack occurs when a single attacker creates multiple fake network identities to gain outsized influence over a peer-to-peer network, threatening decentralization and consensus integrity.