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  2. Cryptocurrency - Wikipedia

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    Cryptocurrencies are generally viewed as a distinct asset class in practice. [6] [7] [8] Some crypto schemes use validators to maintain the cryptocurrency. In a proof-of-stake model, owners put up their tokens as collateral. In return, they get authority over the token in proportion to the amount they stake.

  3. Non-fungible token - Wikipedia

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    Non-fungible token. Illustration of a non-fungible token generated by a smart contract (a program designed to automatically execute contract terms) A non-fungible token ( NFT) is a unique digital identifier that is recorded on a blockchain and is used to certify ownership and authenticity. It cannot be copied, substituted, or subdivided. [1]

  4. Bitcoin - Wikipedia

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    Bitcoin (abbreviation: BTC; sign: ₿) is the first decentralized cryptocurrency. Nodes in the peer-to-peer bitcoin network verify transactions through cryptography and record them in a public distributed ledger, called a blockchain, without central oversight.

  5. Crypto-Judaism - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Judaica (clockwise from top): Shabbat candlesticks, handwashing cup, Chumash and Tanakh, Torah pointer, shofar, and etrog box. Crypto-Judaism is the secret adherence to Judaism while publicly professing to be of another faith; practitioners are referred to as "crypto-Jews" (origin from Greek kryptos – κρυπτός, 'hidden').

  6. Glossary of cryptographic keys - Wikipedia

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    crypto ignition key An NSA key storage device shaped to look like an ordinary physical key. cryptovariable - NSA calls the output of a stream cipher a key or key stream. It often uses the term cryptovariable for the bits that control the stream cipher, what the public cryptographic community calls a key.

  7. Crypto naming controversy - Wikipedia

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    Contents. Crypto naming controversy. The meaning of the word crypto as an abbreviation is controversial. Cryptographers - people who specialize in cryptography - have used the term " crypto " as an abbreviation for their field of study. However, " crypto " has also become a common abbreviation for cryptocurrency .

  8. Blockchain - Wikipedia

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    A blockchain is a distributed ledger with growing lists of records (blocks) that are securely linked together via cryptographic hashes. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp, and transaction data (generally represented as a Merkle tree, where data nodes are represented by leaves).

  9. Stellar (payment network) - Wikipedia

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    Stellar is an open-source protocol for exchanging money or tokens using the Stellar Consensus Protocol. [1] The platform's source code is hosted on GitHub . Servers run a software implementation of the protocol, and use the Internet to connect to and communicate with other Stellar servers.