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Finality

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blockchain
The point in time when the result of a transaction becomes immutable and true for everyone on the blockchain.
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Fiat currency

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Fiat
A medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes issued by central banks. The US dollar, British pound, and Japanese yen are all fiat money.
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ERC20 converter

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ERC20Interoperability
A tool that allows ERC20 tokens to be used on Cardano. Users benefit from a higher capacity of transaction processing, lower fees, and the greater security offered by the Ouroboros consensus protocol. SingularityNET’s AGIX token is the first token that users can move between Ethereum and Cardano.
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Epoch

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Cardano
A unit of time on Cardano. An epoch lasts for 120 hours, equivalent to 432,000 slots.
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Emurgo

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Emurgo
A global blockchain solutions provider that focuses on the promotion of Cardano-based commercial applications. Emurgo is one of the three founding organizations of Cardano. The other two are IOG and the Cardano Foundation.
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Djed

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DjedStablecoin
Djed is a Cardano stablecoin announced in 2021 and issued by COTI – a crypto payments platform provider.
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DEX

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Decentralization
Decentralized exchange. A type of crypto exchange with no intermediary, where users can securely trade their assets directly with other users.
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Determinism

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DeterminismCardano
The predictability of costs for a blockchain transaction. Cardano uses deterministic pricing, which means you know how much a transaction will cost before you make it. Protocol parameters, rather than network traffic, govern pricing on Cardano, so prices remain stable and low. No fees are charged for failed transactions, which differentiates Cardano from ind...
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Delegation

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Delegation
The process whereby ada owners can assign their funds using their wallets to a stake pool. This helps maintain a computer server to run a node on the Cardano network. In exchange, delegators receive a share of the pool’s total rewards. Delegating your ada is totally safe because no ada leaves the user’s wallet.
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Decentralized identity

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Decentralization
A system in which users retain control over their identity using a blockchain wallet. This technology ensures data is stored securely and protects privacy rights. Users choose when and with whom they share their identity and credentials, which the requester verifies on the blockchain.
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Decentralized identifier (DID)

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DIDDecentralization
A unique identifier that is not issued or controlled by a central authority. The controller of the DID (in the case of a person, the object of the DID) can prove ownership without requiring permission from any other party.
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Decentralization

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Decentralization
The property of a system that provides independence from a central governing authority. Cardano is supported by more than 3,000 stake pool operators across the globe who help validate network activities. Peer-to-peer connections and fair governance using Project Catalyst and Voltaire all contribute to Cardano’s decentralization mission.
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DApp

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DApp
A digital (decentralized) application that runs on the blockchain. Just like a mobile app runs on your iOS or Android device, a Cardano DApp runs on the Cardano blockchain. There are various categories of DApps, such as DeFi products, NFT markets, wallets, exchanges, games, and more.
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Daedalus

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DaedalusCryptocurrency wallet+ 1
A secure wallet for the ada cryptocurrency that manages balances and enables sending and receiving payments. Daedalus is a full node wallet, which means that it downloads a full copy of the Cardano blockchain and independently validates every transaction in its history.
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Consensus

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ConsensusOuroboros+ 1
A way for a blockchain to agree between all its participants that a transaction is valid. An agreement must be made on which blocks to produce, which chain to adopt, and to determine a single state for the network. The consensus protocol for Cardano is Ouroboros – the first consensus protocol proven to be secure through academic peer review.
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Cold wallet

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Cold walletCryptocurrency wallet
An offline wallet used for storing cryptocurrencies. Because cold wallets are not connected to the internet, stored assets incur less risks of tampering. This is also known as cold storage.
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CIP

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CIPGovernance
Cardano improvement proposal. Any ada holder can suggest an improvement to Cardano. CIPs are community-reviewed; proposals and their history are maintained on the Cardano Foundation’s CIP GitHub repository.
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cFund

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Cardano
An early-stage investment fund focused on innovative companies primarily using the Cardano blockchain and its technology. The cFund is managed by Wave Financial and IOG.
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Cardano stack exchange

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Cardano
A community-driven resource providing questions and answers for users and developers of Cardano.
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Cardano Foundation

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Cardano
An independent, Swiss-based non-profit organization that supervises the development of the Cardano blockchain, while shaping legislation and commercial standards. Its mission is to ‘ensure the positive advancement of the Cardano protocol, while also contributing to the positive advancement of blockchain as a world-changing technology.’ Cardano Foundation is ...
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