Blockchain Basics

A collection of basic blockchain terms and concepts

47 articles in this collection
Written by Jay Kurahashi-Sofue

Tools

What is Etherscan?

More information about an Ethereum blockchain explorer

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What is a testnet?

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What is Görli?

More information regarding an Ethereum testnet

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What is Kovan?

More information regarding an Ethereum testnet

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What is Rinkeby?

More information regarding an Ethereum testnet

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What is Ropsten?

More information regarding an Ethereum testnet

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Blockchain

What is Bitcoin?

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What is blockchain?

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What is Ethereum?

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What is ETH or Ether?

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What is an Ethereum address?

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What is a nonce?

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What is gas?

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How often do I pay gas?

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What is a dApp or decentralized application?

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What is a DEX or decentralized exchange?

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What is DeFi or Decentralized Finance?

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What is a DAO or a Decentralized Autonomous Organization?

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Smart Contracts

What is a smart contract?

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What is an atomic swap?

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What is a token?

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What is staking?

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Tokens

What is an ERC20 token?

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What is a stablecoin?

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What is DAI?

Learn more about a U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin created by MakerDAO

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What is an ERC721 token?

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What is a non-fungible token or NFT?

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What is wBTC or wrapped BTC?

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What is WETH or wrapped ETH?

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Wallets

What is a wallet?

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What is a “hot” wallet?

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What is a “cold” wallet?

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How are tokens stored in my wallet?

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Which wallets are compatible with AirSwap?

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What is MetaMask?

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What is Portis?

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What is Fortmatic?

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What is EQUAL?

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What is Ledger?

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What is Trezor?

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Private Keys

What is a private key?

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What is a public key?

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What is a public-private key pair?

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What is a mnemonic or seed phrase?

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What is encryption?

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What are encryption keys?

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Are my private keys stored on AirSwap?

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