Index
A
- ABI (application binary interface), Interacting with a smart contract
- addresses
- adjustable blocksize cap (Bitcoin), The Bitcoin Cash Fork
- adoption of blockchain, The Future of Blockchain
- airdrops, disbursement of cryptocurrencies via, Airdrops
- airgapped computers, Counterparty Risk
- altchains, Understanding Forks
- altcoins, Understanding Forks, Altcoins-Counterparty
- Amazon Quantum Ledger, Blockchain as a Service
- analysis, Analysis-Hunting for Bart
- Anti-Money Laundering (AML) rules, Banking Risk, Singapore
- implementation in Novi wallet, Novi
- APIs
- application binary interface (ABI), Interacting with a smart contract
- application-based blockchain transactions, Ether and Gas
- application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), Mining Is About Incentives
- ASIC-resistant Scrypt algorithm, Litecoin
- deterring use for mining, Altcoins
- X11 ASIC-resistant proof-of-work, Dash
- arbitrage, Jurisdiction, Arbitrage, Arbitrage Trading-Float Configuration 3
- arbitrageurs, Arbitrage
- assets, real-wold
- asymmetric cryptography, Public and Private Keys in Cryptocurrency Systems
- (see also public/private key cryptography)
- auditors, third-party, for smart contracts, Fungible and Nonfungible Tokens
- authentication issues in cryptocurrency losses, Security Fundamentals-Recovery Seed
- autoliquidation, Derivatives
- Avalanche consensus mechanism, Avalanche
- Azure, Blockchain as a Service, Blockchain as a Service
B
- B-Money, B-Money
- BaaS (Blockchain as a Service), Blockchain as a Service
- Back, Adam, Hashcash
- Bahamas, regulatory arbitrage, Bahamas
- banking risk, Banking Risk
- banking, blockchain implementations, Banking-JPMorgan
- Banque de France, Banque de France
- Bart pattern, Hunting for Bart
- basic arbitrage, Arbitrage Trading
- Basic Attention Token (BAT), Web 3.0
- Basis, Basis
- beacon chain, Ethereum Scaling
- Beam, Mimblewimble, Beam, and Grin
- bidirectional payment channels, Lightning
- BIP39 for generating wallet seeds, Recovery Seed
- bit gold, Bit Gold
- Bitcoin, The Bitcoin Experiment-Bringing Bitcoin to Life
- Bitcoin Cash fork, Contentious Hard Forks-The Bitcoin Cash Fork
- block times, Float Configuration 2
- bringing the network to life, Bringing Bitcoin to Life-Adoption
- evolution of, Improving Bitcoin’s Limited Functionality
- Liquid Network federated sidechain, Sidechains
- mining difficulty, history of, Block Generation
- Omni Layer protocol on top of, How Omni Layer works
- predecessors, Bitcoin Predecessors-Bit Gold
- proof-of-work consensus, problems with, Ripple and Stellar
- Satoshi Nakamoto's whitepaper, The Whitepaper
- scalability issues, solving with Lightning, Lightning
- SHA-256 hash algorithm, Hashes
- storing data in chain of blocks, Storing Data in a Chain of Blocks
- timestamp system to verify transactions, Introducing the Timestamp Server
- transaction life cycle, Transaction life cycle
- 2008 financial crisis, The 2008 Financial Crisis
- why you can't cheat at, Storing Data in a Chain of Blocks
- bitcoin, Storing Data in a Chain of Blocks
- Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Contentious Hard Forks-Replay attacks
- Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPs), Bitcoin Improvement Proposals, Understanding Ethereum Requests for Comment
- Bitcoin Satoshi’s Vision (SV), The Bitcoin Cash Fork
- “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System”, The Whitepaper
- Bitfinex, Bitfinex
- BitGo, Custody
- BitLicense, FinCEN Guidance and the Beginning of Regulation
- BitPay, Brokerages
- Bitstamp, Exchanges
- blind signature technology, DigiCash
- block explorers, Block explorers
- block hashes, Storing Data in a Chain of Blocks, Block Hashes-Custody: Who Holds the Keys
- block height, Storing Data in a Chain of Blocks
- block propagators (EOS), Blockchains to Watch
- block reward, The Coinbase Transaction
- Block.One, Skirting the Laws
- blockchain explorers, Analytics
- Blockchain.com, Analytics, Block explorers, The Evolution of Crypto Laundering
- blockchains
- creating new platforms for the web, Web 3.0
- future of, The Future of Blockchain-Summary
- illegal uses of, Catch Me If You Can
- information on the industry, Information
- oracles interacting with, Important Definitions
- origins of, Origins of Blockchain Technology-Summary
- other
- banking implementations, Banking-JPMorgan
- Blockchain as a Service (BaaS), Blockchain as a Service
- databases and ledgers, Databases and Ledgers
- decentralization versus centralization, Decentralization Versus Centralization
- enterprise implementations, Enterprise Implementations-DAML
- Ethereum-based privacy implementations, Ethereum-Based Privacy Implementations
- key properties of distributed verifiable ledgers, Key Properties of Distributed Verifiable Ledgers
- Libra, Libra-Summary
- permissioned ledger uses, Permissioned Ledger Uses-Payments
- use cases, What Are Blockchains Good For?
- scaling, Scaling Blockchains-Other Altchain Solutions
- tokens, questioning necessity for, Is a Token Necessary?
- 2.0 chains, “2.0” Chains
- blocks
- adjustable blocksize cap on Bitcoin SV, The Bitcoin Cash Fork
- attributes of each Bitcoin block, Storing Data in a Chain of Blocks
- Bitcoin, anatomy of, Block Hashes
- blocksize on Bitcoin SV fork, The Bitcoin Cash Fork
- discovery of, Block discovery
- generation in proof-of-stake networks, Proof-of-Stake
- generation of, through mining, Block Generation
- Libra blockchain, Blocks
- storing data in chain of blocks, Storing Data in a Chain of Blocks
- valid, contents of on Bitcoin, The mining process
- Blockstack, Web 3.0
- Blockstream
- Bloomberg TV BTC stolen, Bloomberg TV BTC Stolen
- Brave browser, Web 3.0
- broadcasting transactions (on Bitcoin), Transaction life cycle
- brokerages, Brokerages
- brute force and dictionary attacks on passwords, Zero-Knowledge Proof
- brute force attacks on private keys, Bitcoin Transaction Security
- BTCPay Server, Brokerages
- burning, Important Definitions
- business, blockchain uses for, Other Blockchains
- Byzantine agreement, Other Concepts for Consensus
- Byzantine fault-tolerant agreement, Ripple
C
- Cardano, Blockchains to Watch
- Casper algorithm (proof-of-stake), Ethereum Scaling
- CCXT (CryptoCurrency eXchange Trading Library), Open Source Trading Tech
- cell phone porting attacks, Security Fundamentals
- central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), Central Bank Digital Currencies
- centralization
- centralized exchanges, Decentralized Exchange Contracts, The Role of Exchanges, Jurisdiction
- CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission), FinCEN Guidance and the Beginning of Regulation
- Chainalysis, Analytics
- channels (Lightning), Lightning
- Chaum, David, DigiCash
- Chia, Alternative methods
- Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), partnership with Royal Mint, The Royal Mint
- China, central bank cryptocurrency, China
- Coburn, Zachary, Skirting the Laws
- Coin ATM Radar website, Evolution of the Price of Bitcoin
- Coinbase, Wallet Types: Custodial Versus Noncustodial, Custody
- Coinbase Pro, Exchanges
- coinbase transaction, Storing Data in a Chain of Blocks, The Coinbase Transaction
- Coincheck, Coincheck
- CoinDesk, Information
- coins, DigiCash
- Coinye, More Altcoin Experiments
- cold storage wallets, Counterparty Risk
- cold wallets, Wallet Type Variations
- collisions, cryptographic hashes and, Hashes
- colored coins, NXT, Colored Coins and Tokens
- Commodity Exchange Act (CEA), Wash Trading
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), FinCEN Guidance and the Beginning of Regulation
- conferences on blockchain industry, Information
- confidential assets, Liquid
- confirmations, Confirmations
- confirmed transactions, Transactions
- consensus, Consensus-Alternative methods
- Avalanche mechanism, Avalanche
- in Bitcoin network, Compelling Components-Generating transactions
- Corda, Corda consensus
- in decentralized systems, Distributed Versus Centralized Versus Decentralized
- Libra mechanism for, Borrowing from Existing Blockchains, How the Libra Protocol Works
- other concepts for, Other Concepts for Consensus
- proof-of-stake, Proof-of-Stake-Proof-of-Stake
- proof-of-work, Proof-of-Work-Confirmations
- SCP protocol, Stellar
- XRP Consensus Protocol, Ripple
- ConsenSys, ConsenSys
- contentious hard forks, Understanding Forks-Replay attacks
- Corda, Corda-Corda language
- Counterparty blockchain, Counterparty
- counterparty risk, Counterparty Risk
- cross-shard communication complexity, Other Altchain Solutions
- crypto laundering, The Evolution of Crypto Laundering-The Evolution of Crypto Laundering
- cryptocurrencies, Cryptocurrency Fundamentals-Summary
- additional, Mastercoin introducing notion of, Mastercoin and Smart Contracts
- backing DAI multi-collateral token, DAI
- and blockchain, leading to new platforms for the web, Web 3.0
- blockchain systems and unit of account, Storing Data in a Chain of Blocks
- consensus, Consensus-Alternative methods
- cryptographic hashes, Hashes-Custody: Who Holds the Keys
- custody, Custody: Who Holds the Keys-Security Fundamentals
- ICOs or fundraising for projects, Use Cases: ICOs
- illegal uses of, Catch Me If You Can
- methods of buying and selling, Evolution of the Price of Bitcoin
- mining, Mining-Block Generation
- privacy-focused, Privacy-Focused Cryptocurrencies
- public and private keys in systems, Public and Private Keys in Cryptocurrency Systems-Public and Private Keys in Cryptocurrency Systems
- regulatory bodies in the US, FinCEN Guidance and the Beginning of Regulation
- security, Security Fundamentals-Recovery Seed
- stablecoins based on, Crypto-Based Stablecoins-Tether
- stakeholders in ecosystem, Stakeholders-Information
- theft from owners
- transactions in, Transactions-Bitcoin Transaction Security
- UTXO model for Bitcoin transactions, The UTXO Model-The UTXO Model
- cryptocurrency ATMs, Evolution of the Price of Bitcoin
- CryptoCurrency eXchange Trading Library (CCXT), Open Source Trading Tech
- cryptography
- CryptoKitties, ERC-721-ERC-777
- CryptoLocker and ransomware, CryptoLocker and Ransomware
- CryptoNote protocol, Monero
- currencies, exchanges for, Exchanges
- custodial wallets, Wallet Types: Custodial Versus Noncustodial
- custody, Custody: Who Holds the Keys-Security Fundamentals
- custody providers, Counterparty Risk
- cyberbucks, DigiCash
D
- DAGs (directed acyclic graphs), DAGs
- DAI stablecoin, DAI
- Dai, Wei, B-Money
- DAML, DAML
- DAOs (decentralized autonomous organizations), Decentralized Autonomous Organizations-Other Ethereum forks, Important Definitions
- dapps (see decentralized applications)
- Dash, Dash
- database management systems (DBMSs), Databases and Ledgers
- databases
- decentralization
- decentralized applications (dapps), Ether and Gas, Decentralized Applications (Dapps)-Challenges in Developing Dapps
- decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), Decentralized Autonomous Organizations-Other Ethereum forks, Important Definitions
- decentralized exchange contracts, Decentralized Exchange Contracts-Summary
- decentralized exchanges, The Role of Exchanges, Decentralized Exchanges-Scalability
- decentralized finance (DeFi), Decentralizing Finance and the Web-Derivatives
- DeFI Pulse website, DeFi Services
- delegated proof-of-stake, Alternative methods
- deposit contracts, Ethereum Scaling
- depth charts, Depth Charts
- derivatives, Derivatives
- desktop wallets, Wallet Type Variations
- DEXes (see decentralized exchanges; exchanges)
- dictionary attacks on passwords, Zero-Knowledge Proof
- difficulty of discovering valid block hash, Block discovery
- DigiCash, DigiCash
- digital bonds, Banking
- digital money, Bitcoin Predecessors
- (see also cryptocurrencies)
- creation of, in B-Money, B-Money
- use of hashing to limit double spend, Hashcash
- digital signatures
- Digix, Digix
- directed acyclic graphs (DAGs), DAGs
- disintermediation, Identity and the Dangers of Hacking
- distributed ledger technology (DLT), Databases and Ledgers
- distributed systems, Decentralized Applications (Dapps)
- Dogecoin, More Altcoin Experiments
- Domain Name System (DNS), decentralized version of, Altcoins
- dot-com crash, Tulip Mania or the internet?
- double spend problem, Hashcash
- dumping of a cryptocurrency, Wash Trading
E
- E-gold, E-Gold
- EEA (Enterprise Ethereum Alliance), The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
- Elements open source project, Liquid
- Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) encrytion
- Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) secp256k1 function, Generating keys
- Enigma, Skirting the Laws, Privacy
- enterprise blockchains, Enterprise Implementations-DAML
- Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
- EOS, Blockchains to Watch
- ERC-20 token standard, Tokens on the Ethereum Platform, ERC-20-ERC-20
- ERC-721 token standard, Fungible and Nonfungible Tokens, ERC-721-ERC-777
- ether, Ether and Gas
- EtherDelta redirection, EtherDelta Redirection
- Ethereum, The Evolution to Ethereum-Summary
- block times, Float Configuration 2
- cost of storing data on, Tokenize Everything
- decentralized applications (dapps), Decentralized Applications (Dapps)-Challenges in Developing Dapps
- decentralized exchange, IDEX, Decentralized Exchange Contracts
- DeFi's reliance on Ethereum and ERC-20 assets, Decentralizing Finance
- deploying and executing smart contracts, Deploying and Executing Smart Contracts in Ethereum-Interacting with Code
- Ethereum Classic fork, The Ethereum Classic Fork
- Etherscan analytics service, Analytics
- improving Bitcoin's limited functionality, Improving Bitcoin’s Limited Functionality-Ethereum: Taking Mastercoin to the Next Level
- improving Bitcoin's lmited functionality
- Keccak-256 hash algorithm, Hashes
- maximum transaction rate, Scalability
- origins of, Tokenize Everything
- privacy implementations based on, Ethereum-Based Privacy Implementations
- scaling in Ethereum 2.0, Ethereum Scaling-Ethereum Scaling
- scaling solutions, Other Altchain Solutions
- taking Mastercoin to the next level, Ethereum: Taking Mastercoin to the Next Level-ConsenSys
- tokenize everything via ICOs, Tokenize Everything
- tokens on, Tokens on the Ethereum Platform-Different Token Types
- Ethereum Classic (ETC), Forking Ethereum and the creation of Ethereum Classic
- Ethereum Foundation, The Ethereum Foundation
- Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs), Understanding Ethereum Requests for Comment
- Ethereum Naming Service, Naming Services
- Ethereum Requests for Comment (ERCs), Understanding Ethereum Requests for Comment-ERC-1155
- Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), The Ethereum Virtual Machine-Gas and Pricing
- Etherscan.io, Block explorers
- exchange traded funds (ETFs), Derivatives
- exchange traded notes (ETNs), Derivatives
- exchanges, Exchanges, Evolution of the Price of Bitcoin, The Role of Exchanges-The Role of Exchanges
- APIs and trading bots, Exchange APIs and Trading Bots-Market Aggregators
- as custodial wallets, Wallet Types: Custodial Versus Noncustodial
- basic types of, The Role of Exchanges
- Bitcoin addresses, The Evolution of Crypto Laundering
- custody over customer funds, Counterparty Risk
- custody setup, how it might work, Counterparty Risk
- decentralized, Decentralized Exchanges
- decentralized exchange contracts, Decentralized Exchange Contracts-Summary
- decentralized exchange on Omni Layer, How Omni Layer works
- decentralized versus centralized, Decentralized Versus Centralized Exchanges-Scalability
- hacking attacks on, Exchange Hacks-NiceHash
- jurisdiction over cryptocurrency exchanges, Jurisdiction
- order types in cryptocurrency exchanges, The Role of Exchanges
- risks of, in cryptocurrency trading, Exchange Risk
- types of cryptocurrency exchanges, Jurisdiction
- externally owned account (EOA) wallets, Multisignature Contracts
F
- Fabric (Hyperledger), Hyperledger
- Facebook
- false stake attacks, Proof-of-Stake
- faucets (Ethereum testnets), Authoring a smart contract
- Federal Reserve (see US Federal Reserve)
- federated sidechains, Sidechains
- fiat currencies, Electronic Systems and Trust
- file storage in web applications, Web 3.0
- Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Travel Rule, The FATF and the Travel Rule
- Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), FinCEN Guidance and the Beginning of Regulation
- financial crisis of 2008, Electronic Systems and Trust, The 2008 Financial Crisis
- financial transactions, reliance on trust, Electronic Systems and Trust
- flash loans, Flash Loans-The Fulcrum Exploit
- float
- Force, Carl, Skirting the Laws
- forks, Understanding Forks-Replay attacks, Altcoins
- fraud risk as seen by banking audits, Banking Risk
- Fulcrum attack, The Fulcrum Exploit
- full nodes (Libra), How the Libra Protocol Works
- funding amount, Lightning
- funding transactions, Funding transactions
- fungible tokens, Fungible and Nonfungible Tokens
- ERC-20 standard for, ERC-20
- ERC-777 proposed standard for, ERC-777
- futures, Derivatives
G
- gambling, on Web 3.0, Web 3.0
- gaming
- permissioned ledger uses of blockchain, Gaming
- tracking virtual goods in games, ERC-1155
- Garza, Homero Joshua, Skirting the Laws
- gas, Ether and Gas
- GAW Miners, Skirting the Laws
- GeistGeld, Altcoins
- Gemini, arbitrage trading on, Arbitrage Trading-Exchange APIs and Trading Bots
- Genesis block (Bitcoin), Achieving Consensus
- Gitcoin, Web 3.0
- Gnosis, Tokenize Everything
- government-backed currencies (see fiat currencies)
- graphics processing units (GPUs), Mining Is About Incentives
- Grin, Mimblewimble, Beam, and Grin
H
- halting problem, Ether and Gas
- hard forks, Understanding Forks
- hardware wallets, Wallet Type Variations, Wallets
- hash algorithms, Proof-of-Work
- hash power, Block discovery, How Omni Layer works
- hash rates, Proof-of-Work
- Hashcash, Hashcash
- hashes, Hashcash, Hashes-Custody: Who Holds the Keys
- Bitcoin hash function, double SHA-256, The Merkle Root
- block, Storing Data in a Chain of Blocks, Block Hashes-Custody: Who Holds the Keys
- of information generated by transactions in Bitcoin, Introducing the Timestamp Server
- MD5 password hashes, Zero-Knowledge Proof
- Merkle root, The Merkle Root-The Merkle Root
- in proof-of-work cryptocurrency mining, Proof-of-Work
- public key hash on Bitcoin, Public and Private Keys in Cryptocurrency Systems
- in Satoshi Nakamoto's whitepaper, The Whitepaper
- health care, permissioned ledger implementations of blockchain, Health Care
- height number (block), Storing Data in a Chain of Blocks
- hex value arguments to smart contract calls, Custody and counterparty risk
- Honest validator framework, Ethereum Scaling
- Hong Kong, regulatory arbitrage, Hong Kong
- hot or cold storage wallets, Counterparty Risk
- hot wallets, Wallet Type Variations
- HotStuff algorithm, Borrowing from Existing Blockchains
- Hyperledger, Hyperledger
I
- IBM
- identify
- identity
- IDEX decentralized exchange, Decentralized Exchange Contracts
- illiquidity, signs of, Counterparty Risk
- infinite recursion, Forking Ethereum and the creation of Ethereum Classic
- information on blockchain industry, Information
- Infura, Interacting with Code
- initial coin offerings (ICOs), Mastercoin and Smart Contracts, Tokenize Everything, Initial Coin Offerings-Whitepaper
- as example of regulatory arbitrage, Initial Coin Offerings
- DAOs and, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations
- Ethereum, Tokenize Everything
- founder intentions, Founder Intentions
- funds collected into multisignature wallets, Multisignature Contracts
- illegal activities in, Skirting the Laws
- legal, regulatory, and other problems with, Tokenize Everything
- Mastercoin, Tokenize Everything
- motivations for founders versus venture-funding startups, Whitepaper
- other terms for, Initial Coin Offerings
- spectrum of ICO viability, Initial Coin Offerings
- token economics, Token Economics
- use of Ethereum platform, Use Cases: ICOs
- whitepaper, Whitepaper
- intermediary trust, Electronic Systems and Trust
- internet
- Internet of Things (IoT), permissioned ledger implementations of blockchain, Internet of Things
- interoperability between different blockchains, Interoperability
- Interplanetary File System (IPFS), Web 3.0
- issuance trust, Electronic Systems and Trust
- IT systems, permissioned ledger uses, IT
- Ixcoin, Altcoins
L
- LBFT consensus protocol, How the Libra Protocol Works
- Ledger wallet, Wallets
- ledgers, Storing Data in a Chain of Blocks, Databases and Ledgers
- legal industry, permissioned ledger uses, Legal
- legal requirements, cryptocurrency and blockchain technology skirting the laws, Skirting the Laws
- lending services (DeFi), Lending
- less than 5% rule, Counterparty Risk
- Libra, Libra-Summary
- Lightning, Lightning, Lightning
- Liquid multisignature wallet, Liquid
- liquidity, Arbitrage
- Litecoin, Litecoin
- longest chain rule, The mining process
- lottery-based consensus, Alternative methods
M
- MaidSafe, Understanding Omni Layer
- Maker project's DAI, DAI
- Malta, regulatory arbitrage, Malta
- man in the middle attacks, Zero-Knowledge Proof
- margin/leveraged products, Derivatives
- market capitalization, low, cryptocurrencies with, Whales
- market depth
- market infrastructure, Market Infrastructure-Summary
- analysis, Analysis-Hunting for Bart
- arbitrage trading, Arbitrage Trading-Float Configuration 3
- cryptocurrency market structure, Cryptocurrency Market Structure-Transaction flows
- depth charts, Depth Charts
- derivatives, Derivatives
- exchange APIs and trading bots, Exchange APIs and Trading Bots-Market Aggregators
- exchanges, The Role of Exchanges-The Role of Exchanges
- order books, Order Books
- regulatory challenges, Regulatory Challenges-Basic Mistakes
- slippage in cryptocurrency trading, Slippage
- wash trading, Wash Trading
- ways to buy and sell cryptocurrency, Evolution of the Price of Bitcoin
- whales, Whales
- market size, Order Books
- Mastercoin, Mastercoin and Smart Contracts, Tokenize Everything
- Meetup.com, Information
- mempool, unconfirmed transactions on Bitcoin, Transaction life cycle
- Merkelized Abstract Syntax Trees (MAST), Privacy
- Merkle roots, Storing Data in a Chain of Blocks, The Merkle Root-The Merkle Root
- Merkle trees, The Merkle Root
- MetaMask wallet, ConsenSys, Wallets
- Middleton, Reggie, Skirting the Laws
- Mimblewimble, Mimblewimble, Beam, and Grin
- mining, Mining-Block Generation, Evolution of the Price of Bitcoin
- Bitcoin, problems with, Ripple and Stellar
- block generation, Block Generation
- GAW Miners, Skirting the Laws
- impacts on market data, Slippage
- incentives for, Mining Is About Incentives
- miners discovering new block at same time, The mining process
- process on Bitcoin for block discovery, The mining process
- Scrypt, Altcoins
- transactions confirmed by miner on Bitcoin, Transaction life cycle
- mint-based currency model, The Whitepaper
- minting, Important Definitions
- MKR token, DAI
- mobile wallets, Wallet Type Variations
- Moesif’s binary encoder/decoder, Custody and counterparty risk
- Monero, Monero, Ring Signatures, The Evolution of Crypto Laundering, Blockchains to Watch
- money laundering, Banking Risk
- Money Services Business (MSB) standards, The FATF and the Travel Rule
- MoneyGram, Ripple
- Mt. Gox exchange, Counterparty Risk
- multisignature wallet contracts, Multisignature Contracts-Multisignature Contracts
N
- Namecoin, Altcoins
- naming services, Naming Services
- network hash rate, Block discovery
- networks
- New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), FinCEN Guidance and the Beginning of Regulation
- NiceHash, NiceHash
- Nightfall blockchain, Nightfall
- nodes, Distributed Versus Centralized Versus Decentralized
- nonces, The mining process
- noncustodial wallets, Wallet Types: Custodial Versus Noncustodial
- nonfungible tokens, Fungible and Nonfungible Tokens
- Nothing-at-Stake problem, Proof-of-Stake
- Novi wallet, Novi
- NuBits, NuBits
- NXT blockchain, NXT
O
- oligarchical model dominating the web, Web 3.0
- Omni Core, Understanding Omni Layer
- Omni Layer, Understanding Omni Layer-Adding custom logic
- opcodes, Gas and Pricing
- Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model, The More Things Change
- operating system platform (EOS), Blockchains to Watch
- operators, ERC-777, ERC-1155
- Optimistic Rollups, Other Altchain Solutions, Lightning nodes and wallets
- options, Derivatives
- OP_RETURN field, Adding custom logic
- Oracle, Blockchain Platform, Blockchain as a Service
- oracles, Important Definitions
- order books, Order Books
- over-the-counter (OTC) market, Slippage
P
- paper wallets, Wallet Type Variations
- Parity, Parity
- Parity hack (2017), Parity
- participants, Participants
- passwords
- pay-to-play, Tools for fundamental analysis
- payment channels, Lightning
- payment systems
- Permacoin, Alternative methods
- permissioned ledger uses of blockchain, Permissioned Ledger Uses-Payments
- permissioned ledgers, Databases and Ledgers
- permissionless ledgers, Databases and Ledgers
- person-to-person trading of cryptocurrency, Evolution of the Price of Bitcoin
- phishing attacks, Security Fundamentals
- Plasma implementation of sidechains, Other Altchain Solutions
- Ponzi schemes in cryptocurrency, Skirting the Laws
- PotCoin, More Altcoin Experiments
- precompilation of zk-SNARKs, zk-SNARKs
- premining
- prices (gas), Gas and Pricing
- Primecoin, Altcoins
- privacy
- privacy-focused blockchains, Privacy
- privacy-focused cryptocurrencies, Privacy-Focused Cryptocurrencies
- private blockchain networks, Privacy
- private blockchains, The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
- private keys, Public/private key cryptography
- (see also public/private key cryptography)
- products/services, buying or selling, Evolution of the Price of Bitcoin
- proof-of-history, Alternative methods
- proof-of-stake, Proof-of-Stake-Proof-of-Stake
- proof-of-stake velocity, More Altcoin Experiments
- proof-of-storage, Alternative methods
- proof-of-work, Block Generation, Proof-of-Work-Confirmations
- bit gold's client puzzle function type, Bit Gold
- block discovery, Block discovery
- confirmations by miners of blocks to include in blockchain, Confirmations
- criticisms of, Proof-of-Stake, Ripple and Stellar
- CryptoNote protocol, Monero
- Ethereum's Ethash protocol, Ethereum: Taking Mastercoin to the Next Level
- longest chain rule, The mining process
- mining process for block discovery on Bitcoin, The mining process
- mining process on Bitcoin, The mining process
- in Satoshi Nakamoto's whitepaper, The Whitepaper
- transaction life cycle, Transaction life cycle
- use by B-Money, B-Money
- use by Hashcash, Hashcash
- X11 ASIC-resistant, Dash
- protocols, Electronic Systems and Trust
- pseudonimity, KYC rules and, KYC and pseudonymity
- public keys, Public/private key cryptography
- (see also public/private key cryptography)
- public/private key cryptography
- pull transactions, Bitcoin Transaction Security, ERC-777
- push transactions, Bitcoin Transaction Security, ERC-777
R
- ransomware, CryptoLocker and, CryptoLocker and Ransomware
- rate limiting, Exchange Risk, Rate Limiting
- real estate transactions, using tokens on a blockchain, Tokens on the Ethereum Platform
- recovery seed, Recovery Seed
- recursive call vulnerability, Forking Ethereum and the creation of Ethereum Classic
- regulation
- regulatory arbitrage, Avoiding Scrutiny: Regulatory Arbitrage-Crypto-Based Stablecoins
- relational databases, Databases and Ledgers
- replay attacks, Replay attacks
- replication systems, Databases and Ledgers
- REST APIs
- ring confidential transactions, Blockchains to Watch, How Monero Works
- ring signatures, Monero, Ring Signatures, Blockchains to Watch
- Ripple, Other Concepts for Consensus, Ripple
- Robinhood mobile app, Brokerages
- Rollups, Zero Knowledge (ZK) and Optimistic, Other Altchain Solutions, Lightning nodes and wallets
- Royal Mint, The Royal Mint
S
- Santander, blockchain-issued bonds, Banking
- SAP, Blockchain as a Service, Blockchain as a Service
- satoshi, Gas and Pricing
- Satoshi Nakamoto
- savings services (DeFi), Savings
- scalability
- Scalable Transparent ARguments of Knowledge (STARKs), STARKs
- scaling blockchains, Scaling Blockchains-Other Altchain Solutions, The Scaling Problem-Ethereum Scaling
- Avalanche consensus mechanism, Avalanche
- DAG network design, DAGs
- Ethereum, Ethereum Scaling-Ethereum Scaling
- Lightning solution, Lightning, Lightning-Lightning nodes and wallets
- Liquid multisignature wallet, Liquid
- other altchain solutions, Other Altchain Solutions
- SegWit, SegWit
- sharding, Sharding
- sidechains, Sidechains
- STARKs, STARKs
- Schnorr algorithm, Privacy
- Scott, Mark, Skirting the Laws
- SCP consensus protocol, Stellar
- scripted money, Improving Bitcoin’s Limited Functionality
- Scrypt mining, Altcoins, Litecoin
- Secret Network, Privacy
- securities
- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), FinCEN Guidance and the Beginning of Regulation
- security
- Bitcoin transaction security, Bitcoin Transaction Security
- custody infrastructure for exchanges, Counterparty Risk
- detection of blockchain tampering with Merkle roots, The Merkle Root
- early vulnerability on Bitcoin, An Early Vulnerability
- exchanges taking care of private keys, Counterparty Risk
- flash loans exploiting vulnerabilities in DeFi platforms, The Fulcrum Exploit
- fundamentals for cryptocurrencies, Security Fundamentals-Recovery Seed
- identity and dangers of hacking, Identity and the Dangers of Hacking
- information security in decentralizing finance and the web, Privacy
- Lightning Network vulnerabilities, Lightning
- proof-of-stake consensus algorithm, criticisms of, Proof-of-Stake
- recursive call vulnerability, Forking Ethereum and the creation of Ethereum Classic
- replay attacks vulnerability, Replay attacks, The Ethereum Classic Fork
- sharding, vulnerabilities with, Other Altchain Solutions
- theft of cryptocurrencies in exchange hacks, Exchange Hacks-NiceHash
- theft of cryptocurrencies in other hacks, Other Hacks-Summary
- transaction malleability vulnerability, Lightning nodes and wallets
- security token offerings (STOs), Different Token Types
- security tokens, Token Economics
- seeds (recovery), Recovery Seed
- SegWit (Segregated Witness), SegWit, Lightning nodes and wallets
- self-sovereign identity, Identity and the Dangers of Hacking
- SHA-256 hash algorithm, Introducing the Timestamp Server, Hashes
- SHA256 and RIPEMD160 functions, Generating keys
- shadow market for disinformation, Tools for fundamental analysis
- sharding, Other Altchain Solutions, Sharding
- Shavers, Trendon, Skirting the Laws
- Shrem, Charlie, Skirting the Laws
- sidechains, Other Altchain Solutions, Sidechains
- Silk Road, Catch Me If You Can
- SIM swapping, SIM Swapping-SIM Swapping
- Singapore, regulatory arbitrage, Singapore
- single-shard takeover attacks, Other Altchain Solutions
- slashing algorithms, Proof-of-Stake
- slippage, Slippage
- smart contracts, Mastercoin and Smart Contracts
- DAML language for distributed applications, DAML
- for decentralized exchanges, Decentralized Exchange Contracts, Custody and counterparty risk
- deploying and executing in Ethereum, Deploying and Executing Smart Contracts in Ethereum-Interacting with Code
- deployment for dapps, Challenges in Developing Dapps
- EOS platform, Blockchains to Watch
- ERC-20 compliant
- ERC-compliant, library of, Decentralized Exchange Contracts
- flash loans
- Libra support for, Borrowing from Existing Blockchains
- Omni Layer providing, Understanding Omni Layer
- publicly viewable record of method call to Uniswap smart contract, Custody and counterparty risk-Exchange rate
- sending tokens to via push and pull transactions, ERC-777
- third-party auditors of, Fungible and Nonfungible Tokens
- Uniswap contract viewable on Ethereum, Infrastructure
- social media, campaigns to influence cryptocurrencies, Tools for fundamental analysis
- soft forks, Understanding Forks
- software development, changes from use of cryptcurrency and blockchain, Web 3.0
- software forks, Understanding Forks
- software wallets, Wallets
- Solidcoin, Altcoins
- Solidity language, Authoring a smart contract
- South Korean exchanges, Regulatory Challenges
- speculation in cryptocurrency, Market Infrastructure, Tulip Mania or the internet?
- spoofing, Wash Trading
- spot exchanges, The Role of Exchanges
- Square’s Cash App, Brokerages
- stablecoins, Stablecoins-KYC and pseudonymity
- stakeholders in cryptocurrency ecosystem, Stakeholders-Information
- STARKs, STARKs
- state channels, Other Altchain Solutions
- stealth addresses (Monero), Blockchains to Watch, How Monero Works
- Stellar, Other Concepts for Consensus, Stellar
- STOs (security token offerings), Different Token Types
- Synthetix DeFi platform for derivative assets, Derivatives
- Szabo, Nick, Bit Gold
T
- Taproot, Privacy
- target value in block discovery, Block discovery
- TCP/IP, The More Things Change
- Tenebrix, Altcoins
- testing
- Tether, Tether, Tether
- Thinbus Secure Remote Password (SRP) protocol, Zero-Knowledge Proof
- thinly traded market, Hunting for Bart
- timestamps
- tokens, DigiCash, Colored Coins and Tokens
- EOS, sale on Ethereum, Tokenize Everything
- ERC-1155 standard for, ERC-1155
- ERC-777 proposed standard for, ERC-777
- on Ethereum, Tokens on the Ethereum Platform-Different Token Types
- Ethereum Requests for Comment (ERCs), Understanding Ethereum Requests for Comment-ERC-1155
- listing on decentralized versus centralized exchanges, Token listing
- multi-collateral, DAI, DAI
- sending/receiving on decentralized exchanges, Decentralized Exchange Contracts
- Tether use case for tokenization, Tether
- token economics in ICOs, Token Economics
- tokenizing everything, Tokenize Everything
- use to create new cryptocurrencies on blockchain protocols, Understanding Omni Layer
- Torcoin, Alternative methods
- trading bots and exchange APIs, Exchange APIs and Trading Bots-Market Aggregators
- trading technology, open source, Open Source Trading Tech
- TradingView, Analytics
- transaction fees, Transactions
- transaction flows, Transaction flows
- transaction malleability problem, SegWit, Lightning nodes and wallets
- transactions, Transactions-Bitcoin Transaction Security
- coinbase, The Coinbase Transaction
- Corda, Corda ledger
- difficulty of changing past transactions, Storing Data in a Chain of Blocks
- Ethereum versus Bitcoin, Ether and Gas
- events in execution of bitcoin transaction, Transactions
- funding, Funding transactions
- generating on Bitcoin, Generating transactions
- Libra, structure of, Transactions
- life cycle, Transaction life cycle
- Merkle root, The Merkle Root-The Merkle Root
- Monero, privacy of details, Blockchains to Watch
- off-chain, Off-chain transactions
- Omni transaction on Bitcoin, Adding custom logic
- push and pull, for ERC-20 tokens, ERC-777
- in Satoshi Nakamoto's whitepaper, The Whitepaper
- security on Bitcoin, Bitcoin Transaction Security
- signature generation, replay attacks on hard forks, Replay attacks
- signing and validating, Signing and Validating Transactions
- signing, ring signatures, Ring Signatures
- Tether transaction in Omniexplorer, Adding custom logic
- UTXO model, The UTXO Model-The UTXO Model
- view in blockchain explorer, Analytics
- transparency
- Travel Rule (FATF), The FATF and the Travel Rule
- triangular arbitrage, Arbitrage Trading
- TrueUSD (TUSD) stablecoin, TrueUSD
- Truffle Suite tools for smart contracts, Authoring a smart contract
- trust
- trustless sidechains, Sidechains
- Tulip Mania, Fundamental Cryptocurrency Analysis
- 2.0 chains, “2.0” Chains
- two-factor authentication, Security Fundamentals
U
- Ulbricht, Ross, Catch Me If You Can
- unconfirmed/mempool (transactions on Bitcoin), Transaction life cycle
- uniqueness consensus, Corda consensus
- Uniswap exchange, Decentralized Exchanges
- Unobtainium, More Altcoin Experiments
- unspent transaction output (see UTXO model)
- US agencies and regulatory bodies regulating cryptocurrencies, FinCEN Guidance and the Beginning of Regulation
- US Dollar Coin (USDC), USDC
- US Federal Reserve
- USDT, Tether
- users, ownership of their data, Identity and the Dangers of Hacking
- utility tokens, Different Token Types, Token Economics
- UTXO model, Generating transactions, The UTXO Model-The UTXO Model
V
- validator nodes (Libra), How the Libra Protocol Works
- validators, Proof-of-Stake
- validity consensus, Corda consensus
- value
- venture capital-backed startups, founder motivations versus those of ICOs, Whitepaper
- verifiable data audit, Health Care
- verifying transaction signatures, Signing and Validating Transactions
- virtual asset service providers (VASPs), requirement to provide user data on transactions, The FATF and the Travel Rule
- VmWare blockchain, Blockchain as a Service
- volatility of cryptocurrencies, Fungible and Nonfungible Tokens
- Maker creating stable asset from volatile markets, DAI
- Voorhees, Erik, Skirting the Laws
- voting-based consensus, Alternative methods
W
- wallets, Wallet Types: Custodial Versus Noncustodial-Wallet Type Variations
- custodial versus noncustodial, Wallet Types: Custodial Versus Noncustodial
- Ethereum, interacting with smart contracts, Authoring a smart contract
- for funds deposited into exchanges, Counterparty Risk
- Lightning, Lightning nodes and wallets
- Liquid multisignature wallet, Liquid
- MetaMask, browser-based Ethereum wallet, ConsenSys
- multisignature, Multisignature Contracts-Multisignature Contracts
- necessity for using DeFi services, Wallets
- Novi wallet, development by Facebook, Novi
- private keys, Private Keys
- security vulnerability in Parity multi-signature wallets, Parity
- variations on primary wallet types, Wallet Type Variations
- warm wallets, Counterparty Risk
- wash trading, Wash Trading
- Web 3.0, Web 3.0
- web browsers, giving away user data, Web 3.0
- web wallets, Wallet Type Variations
- Web3.js library, Interacting with Code
- WebSocket versus REST APIs, REST Versus WebSocket
- whales, Whales
- whitelisting addresses, Counterparty Risk
- whitepapers
- WikiLeaks, Bitcoin and, Storing Data in a Chain of Blocks
- withdrawals wallet, Counterparty Risk
- wrapped tokens, Important Definitions, The Fulcrum Exploit