51% Attack
By CoinGecko | Updated on Mar 03, 2020
Attempt to obtain control of a cryptocurrency, by obtaining 51% or more of the power of the network or of the cryptocurrencies of the network.
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Market Maker
Participant of the market who creates buy and orders
Public Blockchain
An open sourced blockchain where participation is public and permissionless
Batch Auction
A Batch Auction distributes an amount of tokens to users that is proportional to their contribution to the pool.
Circulating Supply
An approximation of the number of coins or tokens that are currently not locked and available for public transactions.
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