Trading Volume
By CoinGecko | Updated on Mar 03, 2020
Trading volume is considered a reference point for how active is a market is performing. It also implies liquidity as higher trading volume implies more traders in the market.
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Proof-of-Burn (PoB)
A consensus algorthm that assigns block validation queue based on the coins/token burned by the validator.
Sharding
A form of database partitioning which breaks up data into smaller segments.
Merkle Tree
A Merkle tree is also known as a hash tree in cryptography. It is a tree where every lead node is labelled with cryptographic hash of a data block, and every non-leaf node is labelled with the hash of the labels of its child nodes. It is used to verify of data stored within it and transferable in and between computers.
Oracles
In the context of crypto, oracles refers to services which verify real-world and provide data to blockchains/smart contracts.
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