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Decred stakers receive one or more tickets (votes) depending on the amount of DCR coins they lock in the protocol. The number of tickets issued depends on the ticket price (denominated..
A ticker, or token/coin symbol, is an abbreviation used to signify a specific cryptocurrency and its underlying blockchain project. Token symbols are usually 3 or 4 characters long, such as..
In a blockchain context, throughput is a measurement of how fast a blockchain is able to process transactions. This is typically measured in transactions per second (TPS) and is sometimes..
Threshold signatures represent a specialized cryptographic digital signature encryption scheme that is designed to protect sensitive information. Threshold signatures are often distributed..
Designed by the DFINITY team, Threshold Relay is the consensus mechanism used on the Internet Computer (ICP) protocol. Heavily optimized for Proof of Stake (PoS), Threshold Relay is..
Third-party storage refers to a physical or digital storage solution provided and managed by an outside entity such as a bank, centralized cryptocurrency exchange, or a centralized cloud..
The Theta Token Minter is Theta's specialized token-minting system that allows any user to create new TNT-20 tokens on the Theta blockchain with little to no smart contract coding..
Money linked to the value of physical commodities like gold and silver utilizes the gold standard. The gold standard formed the basis of the international currency market until the 20th..
The DAO was a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that launched in 2016 on the Ethereum blockchain. The DAO was designed to be an investor-directed cryptocurrency venture capital..
Tezos is a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) blockchain platform that provides a decentralized, global computer on which developers can build decentralized applications (dApps). XTZ is the native token..
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