The word “altcoin” is an abbreviation of “Bitcoin alternative,” and thus describes every single cryptocurrency except for Bitcoin. Altcoins are referred to as Bitcoin alternatives because, at least to some extent, most altcoins hope to either replace or improve upon…

What is an ASIC? Short for Application-Specific Integrated Circuit, an ASIC is a dedicated piece of hardware used for, in this context, cryptocurrency mining. ASICs are designed with a singular purpose in mind: to mine a certain cryptocurrency using that…

What is an atomic swap? An atomic swap is the exchange of one type of cryptocurrency for another—like bitcoin swapped for ethereum—without the supervision of a trusted third party. A relatively new notion, cross-chain atomic swapping looks to change the…

Base crypto is used when comparing different assets. It would be the acceptable point of reference for comparing exchange rates.  A base currency (a transaction currency) is the first currency that appears in a currency pair quotation.

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) is a committee formed in 1974 by central bank governors to develop banking regulations standards and enhance the quality of banking supervision around the world. The original committee was comprised of the 10 countries…

What is BEP? BEP is short for Binance Chain Evolution Proposal. In short, BEP is a list of token management rules and pre-defined criteria to help launch on-chain assets on Binance Chain. Projects use this BEP to transition their tokens…

A bitcoin address is a cryptographic key that “owns” bitcoins. This address is used to uniquely identify bitcoins. The person or persons who know the corresponding private key can send those bitcoins to any other address. The cryptographic keys that…

A business that operates physical kiosks that allow a person to purchase Bitcoin by using cash or debit card. Some Bitcoin ATMs offer bi-directional functionality enabling both the purchase of Bitcoin as well as the sale of Bitcoin for cash.…