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Glossary

Learn about blockchain terms and concepts

What is Agora (AUSD)?
What is Alchemy?
What is Arbitrum?
What is Base?
What is a blockchain?
How Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) Makes Blockchain Development Easier
What is a block explorer?
In the context of blockchain, what are bridges?
What is Caldera?
What is Celo?
What is cross-chain messaging?
What are Cross-L2-Replayable Accounts?
What is a cryptographic proof?
What is Decentralized Finance (DeFi)?
What are Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC)?
What is an Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP)?
What is EIP-3074?
What is EIP-7702?
What is an Ethereum Request for Comment (ERC)?
What is an ERC-20 token?
What is ERC-1155?
What is ERC-3668?
What is ERC-4337?
What is ERC-6170?
What is ERC-6909?
What is ERC-7281?
What is ERC-7521?
What is ERC-7562?
What is ERC-7628?
What is ERC-7668?
What is EIP-7701?
What is ERC-7715?
What is ERC-7779?
What is ERC-7785?
What is ERC-7806?
What is ERC-7828?
What is ERC-7841?
What is ERC-7854?
What is ERC-7856?
What is ERC-7930?
What are Fault, or Fraud, Proofs?
What is Global Dollar (USDG): Complete Guide to the Yield-Sharing Stablecoin
What is Ink?
What is blockchain interoperability?
What is JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)?
In the context of blockchain, what is a keystore?
What are Keystore Wallets?
What is a Layer 1 (L1) blockchain?
What is a Layer 2 (L2) blockchain?
What is a Layer 3 (L3) blockchain?
What is Linea?
What is Mantle?
What is a Modular Execution Environment (MEE)?
What does multichain mean?
What is Optimism?
What is Optimism Superchain?
What is an OP Stack?
What is Polygon?
What is a Precompile?
In the context of blockchain, what is a private key?
In the context of blockchain, what is a public key?
What is Polymer?
What is a self-custodied, or non-custodial, wallet?
What is a Relayer?
What is REMOTESTATICCALL?
What is a recovery phrase?
What is RIP-7212?
What is RIP-7560?
What is RIP-7728?
What is RIP-7755?
In the context of blockchain, what is a rollup?
What is a Rollup Improvement Proposal (RIP)?
What is Scroll?
In the context of blockchain, what are sequencers?
In the context of blockchain, what are sidechains?
What is a smart contract?
In the context of blockchain, what is a smart wallet?
What is social recovery?
What are storage proofs?
What is a SuperchainERC20?
What is Transport Layer Security (TLS)?
What is a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE)?
In the context of blockchain, what does trustless mean?
What is two-factor authentication (2FA)?
What is Unichain?
What is Bridged USDC (USDbC)?
What is USD Coin Bridged (USDC.e)?
What is Ethena (USDe)?
USDS Stablecoin Explained: The Decentralized Dollar Upgrade
What is OpenUSDT (oUSDT)?
What is USDT0?
What is World Chain?
What is zkSync?