Crypto Glossary
Learn all of the most important blockchain and cryptocurrency terms and jargon here.
Polkadot lets people put their names and details in a special place called their 'account.' They can ask some special helpers called 'registrars' to check if everything's correct.
Parachain auctions are how non-common-good parathreads win a slot to become a parachain.
Blockspace in Polkadot is the virtual area within the blockchain network where all transactions, data execution, and smart contracts occur.
A bounty program within the Polkadot network is a structured system that rewards individuals or groups, usually developers, for identifying and addressing bugs, contributing to the ecosystem, or completing specific tasks.
Kusama is the "canary network" for Polkadot. It consists of an early-release, unaudited version of the Polkadot software.
System parachains are those that contain core Polkadot protocol features, but in parachains rather than the Relay Chain.
Consensus is the process of a group of entities to agree on a particular data value (such as the ordering and makeup of blocks on a blockchain).
A Framework in the context of Substrate and Polkadot refers to a structured and flexible set of tools, libraries, and guidelines provided by Substrate – the primary blockchain development framework used within the Polkadot ecosystem.
A Grant from Web 3 Foundation (W3F) refers to financial support allocated to individuals or entities for software development or research initiatives that benefit the Web3 ecosystem, particularly projects aligned with Polkadot and decentralized technologies.
The capacity of different systems to share and utilize information, often linked with "cross-chain" technologies for comparison purposes.