Glossary of Terms

A graphics processing unit (GPU) is the computing chip of a graphics card, capable of simultaneously processing many parallel tasks. Thanks to this property, GPUs long remained the main hardware for cryptocurrency mining.

A gap (Gap) is a price gap on a chart, when a quote opens sharply above or below the previous closing level. It arises from changes in the market situation during a period when trading was not taking place.

A Doubler is a type of high-risk project that promises to double the invested funds in a short time. Such schemes belong to the dubious category and are extremely dangerous for an investor.

A dump (Dump) is a mass sale of an asset aimed at sharply lowering its price in a short time. It is often carried out by large holders and frequently serves as part of manipulative schemes.

A DAO is a decentralized autonomous organization governed by rules written into smart contracts and by collective decisions of its participants, rather than by the usual board of directors and management.

DDoS is a distributed attack in which many devices simultaneously flood a server with requests to overload it and make it unavailable to ordinary users. It is a frequent threat to crypto exchanges and pools.

Deflation is a sustained decline in the general level of prices in an economy over time, in which the purchasing power of the monetary unit grows. The phenomenon, the opposite of inflation, is often built into the design of cryptocurrencies.

HODL is a slang term for the strategy of holding cryptocurrency long-term without selling during market swings. The term has become iconic in the crypto community and describes the "buy and hold" approach.

Double spending is an attempt to spend the same coins twice. This is a key problem of digital money, which the blockchain solves using a distributed ledger and transaction confirmations.

A DApp is an application whose backend logic runs on a blockchain through smart contracts, without a single central server or controlling owner. The code is open and operates according to predefined rules.