101 Blockchain Concepts You Definitely Need to Know

A complete list of the most frequently used blockchain expressions.

Ehsan Yazdanparast
Coinmonks
Published in
8 min readAug 4, 2022

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If you are a newbie in the blockchain space, you probably want to know where to start? In this post, I am going to share 101 concepts you absolutely need to know. Each one of these concepts need more exploration. However, my intention is to share with you this list, describe each item briefly, and motivate you to read more about each one of them, at your own pace.

#1—Airdrop

A method for distributing free tokens to wallets.

#2—All-Time-High (ATH)

The highest historical price of a digital asset.

# 3— Altcoin

All digital assets alternative to Bitcoin.

# 4— Annual Percentage Rate (APR)

The interest rate a borrower should pay per year.

# 5— Annual Percentage Yield (APY)

The interest return rate to expect on digital assets on a yearly basis.

# 6— Arbitrage

A method of taking quick profit in which the trader buy and sell the assets on different markets.

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Ehsan Yazdanparast
Coinmonks

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