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LEO$8.99+0.25%From your first block to the finer details. Explore the ideas, people, and systems behind the market—one useful explanation at a time.
Follow a transaction from a key to a shared ledger.
Begin with BlockchainExplore contracts, liquidity, borrowing and the risks between them.
Begin with Smart contractUnderstand what a price, valuation or sentiment indicator can tell you.
Begin with Market capitalizationLearn custody, permissions and how to assess what you sign.
Begin with Hardware walletConnect the original ideas to the incidents that changed the industry.
Begin with A Cypherpunk's ManifestoSeparate technical standards, issuer claims and legal frameworks.
Begin with Howey testThe unit of computational work on Ethereum-style chains. Every opcode costs gas, paid in the network fee token.
The maximum gas a transaction or block may consume. A low limit can cause a transaction to fail mid-execution.
The amount paid per unit of gas, usually quoted in gwei; effective fees and inclusion depend on the network's fee rules and transaction conditions.
The launch parameters and first block of a chain or a token distribution.
The first block or agreed starting record of a blockchain, anchoring its initial history and state under that network's rules.
Definitions offer a starting point. Detailed readings include the sources behind the explanation.