Do Your Own Research (DYOR)
By CoinGecko | Updated on Mar 03, 2020
A non-crypto slang that is often used in the crypto community when investors were frequently getting scammed by illegitimate ICO projects. DYOR was used to remind investors that they are responsible for their own investment decisions.
Related Terms
Wallet
Software client that handles storage of cryptocurrencies and allows users to send cryptocurrencies.
Double Spending
Double spending refers to the act of spending digital currencies twice. This is most commonly applied on crypto exchanges by unscrupulous actors.
Wallet Address
The address in which cryptocurrency can be stored, sent to and receive.
Byzantine Fault
A byzantine fault is where an error has occured, yet a computer system does not know due which component/what failed to the lack of information and continues to iterate on a given instruction.
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