Glossary
Learn about blockchain terms and concepts
What is account abstraction?
What is Alchemy?
What is Arbitrum?
What is Base?
What is a blockchain?
What is Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS)?
What is a block explorer?
In the context of blockchain, what are bridges?
What is chain abstraction?
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-5792?
What is EIP-6909?
What is EIP-7702?
What is an Ethereum Request for Comment (ERC)?
What is the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)?
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-7521?
What is ERC-7683?
What is ERC-7715?
What is ERC-7785?
What is ERC-7802?
What is ERC-7811?
What is ERC-7828?
What is ERC-7841?
What is ERC-7854?
What is an externally owned account (EOA)?
What are Fault, or Fraud, Proofs?
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 is Optimism?
What is an Optimistic Rollup?
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 Rollup-as-a-Service (RaaS)?
What is a recovery phrase?
What is RIP-7212?
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 stablecoins?
What is Starknet?
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 the Unichain?
What is USD Coin (USDC)?
What is Bridged USDC (USDbC)?
What is USD Coin Bridged (USDC.e)?
What is Tether (USDT)?
What is World Chain?
What is a Zero-Knowledge (ZK) Rollup?
What is zkSync?