Satoshi Nakamoto

By CoinGecko | Updated on Mar 03, 2020

Pseudonym of the person (or group of people) who developed and spread the original Bitcoin idea and the world’s first blockchain network. Your real name is unknown or if it is a natural person, group of people or companies.

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Open/Close

The price at which a cryptocurrency opens at a time period, for example at the start of the day; the price at which a cryptocurrency closes at a time period, for example at the end of the day.

Transaction Fee

A payment to the network for performing a transaction to be recorded on the blockchain.

EIP (Ethereum Improvement Proposal)

Refers to improvement proposals for Ethereum, used to introduce features or any updates on the Ethereum network.

Decryption

The process of decrypting data that was previously encrypted (made unreable) back to a readable form.

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