A dust transaction is a transfer of an extremely small amount of cryptocurrency, almost devoid of financial value. Such tiny amounts clutter the blockchain and can be used for deanonymization.

A paid poster is a user who, for payment, publishes laudatory messages about a project or negative ones about competitors. Such reviews create an artificial backdrop and mislead.

Data partitioning, or sharding, is a way of scaling a blockchain in which the network is divided into segments (shards), and nodes store and process only part of the data, increasing overall throughput.

Inflating the hype is the artificial stoking of interest around a crypto project or token through intrusive advertising and exaggerated promises, which often accompanies dubious and fraudulent schemes.

A riser is an extension adapter that connects a graphics card to the motherboard and allows several cards to be conveniently placed in a mining rig.