Order Book
By bijok_adam | Updated on May 24, 2020
An electronic list of all buy and sell orders in an exchange
Related Terms
Merkle Tree
A Merkle tree is also known as a hash tree in cryptography. It is a tree where every lead node is labelled with cryptographic hash of a data block, and every non-leaf node is labelled with the hash of the labels of its child nodes. It is used to verify of data stored within it and transferable in and between computers.
Buy Wall
Anomalously large buy order(s) at a single price point that reflects as a "wall" in the order book.
Arbitrage
A strategy where investors buy a currency in a market and sell it at a higher price in another market to gain profit.
Block
In the context of blockchain, block refers to the collection of transactional data or information that are bundled together in a predetermined size.
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