Blockchain & Web3 Glossary - Lettre A

Welcome to the very first episode of our educational series on technologies.
In this video, we will cover key terms that start with the letter A, explained in a clear and simple way to help you understand and expand your knowledge in the digital world.

This series will go through the entire alphabet, dividing the terms into multiple videos, so you can focus on each letter and enjoy the learning journey step by step.

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Absolute Advantage: The ability of a producer or country to produce a good or service more efficiently than others.

Active Management: An investment strategy where managers make specific decisions to outperform the market.

Ad Hoc: A temporary or solution-specific setup created for a particular purpose.

Address Poisoning Attacks: A malicious technique where fake addresses are inserted into a user’s history to trick them into sending funds.

Airdrop: The free distribution of cryptocurrency tokens to promote adoption or reward users.

All or None Order (AON): A trading order that must be executed entirely or not at all.

Allocation: The process of distributing resources, assets, or tokens within a system.

Alpha: A measure of an investment’s performance compared to a benchmark, indicating excess returns.

Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC): A specialized hardware chip designed to perform specific tasks, often used in crypto mining.

Ask Price: The lowest price a seller is willing to accept for an asset.

Assets Under Management (AUM): The total market value of assets managed by an individual or institution.

Asynchronous: Processes that occur independently without waiting for each other.

ATH (All-Time High): The highest price ever reached by an asset.

Atomic Swaps: A smart contract technology allowing direct exchange of cryptocurrencies across different blockchains.

Attack Surface: The sum of all possible points where a system could be attacked or compromised.

Authorization Hold: A temporary hold on funds to verify transactions before final settlement.

Automated Market Maker (AMM): A protocol that allows decentralized trading using liquidity pools instead of order books.

Account Abstraction (AA): A blockchain upgrade that simplifies user interactions by making accounts more flexible and programmable.

Airnode: An oracle framework that connects APIs directly to smart contracts.

Arbitrage: The practice of exploiting price differences of the same asset across different markets.

Asset-Backed Token: A digital token that derives its value from real-world assets like gold, real estate, or fiat currency.

Attestation: A proof or verification that confirms the authenticity of information or an identity.

Augmented Reality (AR) in Blockchain: The use of AR to visualize blockchain data and enhance user interaction with digital assets.

Automated Clearing House (ACH): An electronic system for processing financial transactions in batches.

Average Block Time: The average time taken to create a new block on a blockchain network.

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