Cryptography
By CoinGecko | Updated on Mar 03, 2020
A discipline or field of study which practices using cryptography to convert human-readable information that can only be deciphered by individuals who have the knowledge to.
Related Terms
Sharding
A form of database partitioning which breaks up data into smaller segments.
Watchlist
A personally defined list of values to watch over for activity or changes.
Total Value Locked
Total Value Locked (TVL) represents the number of assets that are currently staked in a protocol or the total quantity of underlying amount of funds that a DeFi protocol has secured.
Burned Tokens
Tokens which have been sent to addresses whose private key are not known, effectively becoming unusable.
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