Distributed Ledger
By CoinGecko | Updated on Mar 03, 2020
Ledgers whose data is stored and synced across a network of nodes. A distributed ledger is not limited to cryptocurrency (transactional data) and can store many other kinds of data. It can also be set up to be permission and private.
Related Terms
Cold Storage
Offline storage of cryptocurrencies which is arguably safer as they also require physical access (eg. hardware wallet, paper wallets)
Staking
The state of locking-in significant amount of token to participate as a validator of a Proof-of-Stake network.
Hyperledger (Hyperledger Foundation)
Hyperledger is an open source collaborative effort to create blockchain technologies hosted by The Linux Foundation since 2016.
Soft Fork
A backward-compatible update to a decentralized blockchain protocol.
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