crypto terms

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.

Early birds are the first participants or investors in a project who join at the very start and usually receive tokens at a more favorable price or with additional bonuses.

A refund is the return of invested funds to participants, which may occur when a project closes ahead of schedule or, in some cases, after a fraudulent scheme has been exposed.

A referral link is a personal sign-up link for a project, tied to a specific participant who receives a reward for the users brought in through it.

A referrer is a participant in a referral or affiliate program who attracts new users through their link and receives a reward for their activity in the project.

A referral is a user who has signed up to a project, an exchange, or an affiliate program at the invitation of another participant. The inviter often receives a reward for such sign-ups.