QR Code
By CoinGecko | Updated on Mar 03, 2020
A machine-readable label that shows information encoded into a graphical black-and-white pattern. For cryptocurrencies, it is often used to easily share wallet addresses with others.
Related Terms
State Channel
Secondary payment channel occuring off-chain
Venture Capital
capital (funds) that is invested in a company that needs a substantial pool of funds to initiate.
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.
Offline Staking
Staking without needing to be connected to the blockchain
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