Bear Market
By Aleks_Crypto | Updated on May 24, 2020
Contrary to bull market, it indicates the direction of the market going for downward trend. It is called "bear" market because as bear attacks, it motions its paws downward - describing the movement of the market.
Related Terms
Validator
A block-signing participant of a Proof of Stake blockchain network, whom have significant tokens staked on the network.
Mineable
A cryptocurrency is said to be "mineable" when it has the system thrugh which miners can be rewarded with newly-created cryptocurrencies for creating blocks.
Order Book
An electronic list of all buy and sell orders in an exchange
Proof-of-Authority (PoA)
A consensus algorithm that asigns block validation queue based on identity and reputation.
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