Bitcoin Dictionary

The original Bitcoin protocol

Any cryptocurrency other than Bitcoin

A digital, unchangeable record book

Changes to blockchain protocol rules

The very first block in the blockchain

A computer that maintains the blockchain

A transfer of value on the blockchain

Chunks of Bitcoin you can spend

Tiny payments made possible by low fees

Your unique Bitcoin account number

Mathematical techniques that secure Bitcoin

Your secret password to access Bitcoin

The mathematical pair to your private key

Attempting to spend the same Bitcoin twice

Best practices for protecting your Bitcoin

Fraudulent attempts to steal your credentials

When project creators abandon and steal funds

Fraudulent investment schemes promising unrealistic returns

Artificial price manipulation schemes

A backup phrase to recover your wallet

Offline storage for maximum security

Internet-connected wallet for daily use

Computers that secure the network

The computational effort securing Bitcoin

Payment miners receive for their work

Periodic reduction in mining rewards

Waiting area for unconfirmed transactions

Groups of miners combining their computing power

Renting mining power remotely (often scams)

Cost to process transactions on the blockchain

Self-executing agreements on the blockchain

Developer tools for building on Bitcoin

Representing real-world assets digitally

Unique digital assets on the blockchain

Cryptocurrency pegged to stable assets

A value-based internet built on BSV

BSV's next-generation scaling technology

Free distribution of tokens to wallet addresses

Financial services without traditional intermediaries

Locking cryptocurrency to earn rewards (not used in BSV)

Different levels of blockchain architecture

Script commands that power Bitcoin's functionality

Alternative consensus mechanism (not used in BSV)

Tokens representing assets from other blockchains