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Blockchain & Crypto Glossary
Short selling (also known as "going short" or "shorting") is the practice of seeking to profit from the decrease in an asset's price (for example, short selling a stock). A short seller..
Shielded transactions are a unique transaction type that conceals specific data about a transaction, such as the amount being transferred or the involved account addresses, in a way which is..
ShibaSwap is the decentralized exchange (DEX) created by the Shiba Inu blockchain project. ShibaSwap was designed to create a safe and user-friendly environment to trade cryptocurrencies..
Named after author Mary Shelly, the Shelley Phase is the second of five phases in Cardano's developmental roadmap. It's designed as a safe and stable transition to a more decentralized..
The sharing economy is a socioeconomic system built around the concept of mutually sharing resources within a network to benefit all its members. This process is typically enabled..
Sharetip is an on-chain tipping platform that lets you tip bitcoin cash (BCH) to content creators. You share the tip amount and URL you wish to tip with Sharetip. Sharetip then tries..
Sharding is a mechanism that is used to partition a blockchain network or other type of computer network or database. Its purpose is to distribute the network's computational and storage..
Shard chains are created by partitioning a blockchain into smaller, more manageable pieces. This process decreases the workload on validator nodes, which are only required to store and..
Shamir Secret Sharing (SSS) cryptography is a specialized cryptographic algorithm that was initially proposed in 1979 by Isreali cryptographer Adi Shamir. Shamir Secret Sharing is designed..
SHA-256 is a member of the SHA-2 cryptographic hash function family that was designed by the National Security Agency (NSA) and later made famous for being a foundational aspect..
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