Blockchain

The genesis block is the very first block in a blockchain, from which the network's history begins. It lays the foundation for all subsequent blocks and effectively marks the birth of a cryptocurrency.

Gigahashes/sec (Gigahashes/sec, GH/s) is a unit measuring the computing power of mining hardware. It shows how many billions of hash operations a device performs in one second.

GitHub is the largest platform for hosting and collaborative software development. In the crypto industry, it is where teams publish the source code of their projects, which makes it possible to assess their openness and activity.

A DAO is a decentralized autonomous organization governed by rules written into smart contracts and by collective decisions of its participants, rather than by the usual board of directors and management.

Double spending is an attempt to spend the same coins twice. This is a key problem of digital money, which the blockchain solves using a distributed ledger and transaction confirmations.

A DApp is an application whose backend logic runs on a blockchain through smart contracts, without a single central server or controlling owner. The code is open and operates according to predefined rules.

Bitcoin is the world's first decentralized digital currency, running on blockchain technology without a single issuer or intermediaries. It is the foundational asset of the entire cryptocurrency market.

Blockchain is a distributed database in the form of a chain of linked blocks. Its records are protected by cryptography and stored on many computers, which makes the data practically immutable.

A blockmaker is a professional participant in a decentralized network who stores a full copy of the blockchain and helps maintain its operation, verify transactions and form new blocks.

Coin age is a metric calculated as the amount of cryptocurrency multiplied by the time it has been held. The concept is used in proof-of-stake mechanisms.