Custody
By Cryptomcmillan1 | Updated on May 24, 2020
In the context of cryptocurrency, a "custodial" asset means an asset is placed under the care of a third party. This is similar to how banks have custody over their customer's funds. A Custodial Wallet refers to a wallet whose private key management falls under the care of a company. Examples of Custodial wallets include Coinbase, Nexo and other wallets where users do not have access to their private keys.
Related Terms
Ledger
A record of financial transactions that cannot be changed, only appended with new transactions.
Hashgraph
Hashgraph is a distributed ledger system that has been compared to the blockchain idea as a continuation or successor.
Blockchain
In Bitcoin's case, blockchain describes its decentralized, public ledger which contains transactional information.
MicroBitcoin (uBTC)
One millionth of a bitcoin or 0.000001 of a bitcoin. Microbitcoin is the abbreviation of uBTC and often misunderstood as the fork of Bitcoin.
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