Total Value Locked
By CoinGecko | Updated on Aug 13, 2021
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.
Related Terms
Gas Limit
A term refers to the maximum amount of units of gas user's willingness to spend on a transaction on Ethereum blockchain.
Futures
An agreement between two counterparties that obligates them to transact in the future based on the contract terms set.
Cold Storage
Offline storage of cryptocurrencies which is arguably safer as they also require physical access (eg. hardware wallet, paper wallets)
Pay-Per-Last N Shares (PPLNS)
PPLNS system only pays miners after the pool has discovered the block. This means you'll only be compensated once the block has been discovered.
Hungry for more knowledge?
Back to Glossary or Subscribe to our newsletter.