Non-custodial
By CoinGecko | Updated on Mar 03, 2020
It is a decentralized type-of-wallet, where the users owns its private keys. Having the private keys equals to you owning full control of your funds but the danger is if you lose your private keys, you will lose your funds forever.
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Hot Wallet
It is a tool that store your cryptocurrencies and always connected to internet
SHA-256
Abbreviation of "Secure Hashing Algoritm - 256", SHA-256 is part of the SHA2 that allows one-way hashing of any data into a 64 character string.
Fully Diluted Valuation
Fully Diluted Valuation (FDV) is the theoretical market capitalization of a coin if the entirety of its supply is in circulation, based on its current market price. The FDV value is theoretical as increasing the circulating supply of a coin may impact its market price. Also depending on the tokenomics, emission schedule or lock-up period of a coin's supply, it may take a significant time before its entire supply is released into circulation.
Salt (cryptography)
In cryptography, a salt is the additional random input that is added to password or passphrase to make the password hash unique. It prevents from the hashed output password to be cracked so easily by the hacker.
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