{image-1-resize="840x467"}

A HYIP is a high yield investment program that promises enormous returns. Essentially, it is a type of financial pyramid that is dangerous for participants.

Hype is the buzz and noisy promotion around a project that everyone is talking about. The term describes the peak of mass interest, which is not always backed by real value.

x2 denotes a twofold increase in an amount or profit. Here "x" is a multiplication sign, so x2 means a twofold growth relative to the initial value.

Futures is a derivative exchange contract for buying or selling an asset in the future at a price agreed in advance. On the crypto market, it is used for hedging risks and for speculation.

A FUDster is a person who deliberately spreads fear, uncertainty, and doubt around a crypto project. The goal of such actions is to influence the sentiment of market participants.

Freicoin is a cryptocurrency built around the economic idea of money with a storage fee. It is based on the concept of "free money" by economist Silvio Gesell.

FPGA is a field-programmable gate array, a semiconductor chip that can be configured for specific tasks after it has been manufactured. In mining, it occupies an intermediate position between graphics cards and ASICs.

A cryptocurrency fork is a new coin created on the basis of existing code or an algorithm with certain changes made to it. This is how altcoins based on Bitcoin and Litecoin came about.

A fork in a blockchain is a change to the rules by which a block is recognized as valid. There are soft forks and hard forks, which affect the unity of the network in different ways.

Flat, or a sideways trend, is a market state in which the price moves within a narrow horizontal range without a pronounced trend. It is a period of calm between upward and downward movements.