Crypto Wiki

A sidechain is a separate blockchain that operates parallel to a main blockchain, allowing assets and information to be transferred between them.

Shilling refers to the practice of promoting or hyping a cryptocurrency, often in an aggressive or deceptive manner, to drive up its price.

A shielded transaction is a type of transaction that hides the sender, receiver, and transaction amount from the public blockchain ledger.

Shiba Inu (SHIB) is a meme-based cryptocurrency created as an experiment in decentralized community building.

Sharding is a Layer-1 scaling solution designed to improve the scalability of blockchain networks by splitting the blockchain into smaller partitions, or "shards," each capable of processing its own transactions and smart contracts.

Segregated Witness (SegWit) is a protocol upgrade for the Bitcoin network that was implemented in 2017.

A seed phrase, also known as a recovery phrase or mnemonic phrase, is a sequence of 12, 18, or 24 random words generated by a cryptocurrency wallet.

A Security Token Offering (STO) is a regulated method of raising capital by issuing digital tokens that represent ownership or a stake in a real-world asset, such as equity, debt, or real estate.

The Secure Asset Fund for Users (SAFU) is an emergency insurance fund established by Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, to protect users in the event of a security breach or significant loss.

Scrypt is a cryptographic hashing algorithm used by several cryptocurrencies as an alternative to Bitcoin’s SHA-256.