Glossary of Terms

Augmented reality (AR)

Beacon chain

Bitcoin (BTC)

Block

Blockchain

Consensus mechanism

Cryptocurrency

Cryptographic hash

Decentralized autonomous organization (DAO)

Decentralized finance (DeFi)

ERC-20

ERC-1155

ERC-721

Ethereum

Ethereum 2.0

Eth2 deposit contract

Ethereum virtual machine (EVM)

Ethereum request for comments (ERC)

Fungibility

Gas

MetaMask

Metaverse

Mining

Minting

Mint

NFT(Non-fungible token)

NFT marketplace

Proof-of-stake (PoS)

Proof-of-work (PoW)

Private key

Public key

Play to earn

Sharding

Satoshi

Smart contract

Stake

Token

Validator client

Virtual reality (VR)

Wallet