Do Your Own Research (DYOR)

By CoinGecko | Updated on Mar 03, 2020

A non-crypto slang that is often used in the crypto community when investors were frequently getting scammed by illegitimate ICO projects. DYOR was used to remind investors that they are responsible for their own investment decisions.

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Pre-sale

A typically exclusive token sale event preceding a public ICO

Bearish

negative sentiment towards a market, believing an asset will increase in price

Stale Block

Double mined blocks that are not included in the blockchain.

Cold Storage

Offline storage of cryptocurrencies which is arguably safer as they also require physical access (eg. hardware wallet, paper wallets)

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