Glossary
Mainchain
"Mainchain" is referring to processes or transactions that occur on the most currently released version of a particular blockchain.
Mainnet Swap
"Mainnet Swap" refers to the migration of an asset from one blockchain network to another.
Market Capitalization
"Market Capitalization" is a measurement of the market valuation for outstanding tokens. Calculated by taking the price of a single token and multiplying it by the amount of tokens not outstanding.
Mainnet Swap
"Mainnet Swap" refers to the migration of an asset from one blockchain network to another.
Margin Trading
"Margin Trading" is a high-risk trading behavior where the investor uses borrowed funds.
Market Momentum
"Market Momentum" refers to a continuous increase or decrease in market price within a certain timeframe.
Masdternode
"Masternodes" are nodes that verify new blocks and carry-out special governing roles, unlike regular nodes that add new transaction blocks to the blockchain.
Maximum Supply
Indicates the maximum number of tokens that will be created.
MD5
A hashing function developed in 1992 due to known vulnerabilities predominately used for checksums and data validity.
Mempool
"Mempool" is a node’s mechanism for storing unconfirmed transactions.
Merged Mining
"Merge Mining" is mining more than one cryptocurrency at the same time without sacrificing hash rate.
Merkel Tree
"Merkel Tree" is also known as a Hash Tree, is a data structure where every child node contains a hashing label of the node that exists above it in the tree.
Metadata
A data type that includes basic information about other data, such as its features or a transaction.
Metaverse
"Metaverse" is a virtual world where, one day, we will all interact, create, work, and live our lives. Crypto will play a pivotal in the metaverse as a digital universe will require digital money.
My Ether Wallet (MEW)
"My Ether Wallet" is an free open source tool to create ERC-20 compatible Ethereum wallets, currently the industry standard.
Mining
"Mining" is a process where algorithms use mathematical function to guess the hash of a block. This acts as collection validation.
Mining Farm
"Mining Farm" is a collection of multiple miners, or a large data center devoted to crypto mining.
Mooning
"Mooning" is the process where market value of an asset skyrockets, exceeding investor’s expectations, often used as a meme.
Moores Law
a"Moores Law" is an observational rule of thumb credited to Gordon Moore in 1965 stating that the density of integrated circuits will double every approximately two years.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence
A technical analysis tool used to forecast future prices by indicating the relationship between two moving averages to provide a metric for price momentum.
Mt. GOX
A Japanese cryptocurrency exchange that in 2013 accounted for over 70% of all bitcoin transactions, hacked in 2014 and filing for bankruptcy, its influence is still being felt today.
MultiSig
"MultiSig" is a digital signature scheme which allows multiple user to sign a contract or wallet.