1. The abbreviations in the cryptocurrency circle are sorted by first letter, and can be quickly located in the way of a dictionary. It is recommended to save or collect them for easy reference at any time. This article is original content and is protected by copyright law. Please indicate the source when reprinting. This article was first published on the personal homepage introduction platform.
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3. The full list of abbreviations is as follows:
ATH ：All-Time High
Refers to the historical highest price of a cryptocurrency.
ATL ：All-Time Low
Refers to the historical lowest price of a cryptocurrency.
AML: Anti-Money Laundering
Refers to measures to prevent illegal funds from entering the financial system.
Altcoin：Alternative Coin
Refers to cryptocurrencies other than Bitcoin.
AMA： Ask Me Anything
Refers to a question-and-answer session held by company members or individuals, where users, readers, and viewers can ask any relevant questions. Common AMA formats include live video and live text.
APR：Annual Percentage Rate
Refers to the annualized interest rate of the loan.
APY：Annual Percentage Yield
Refers to the annualized rate of return.
AMOs：Algorithmic Market Operations
Refers to a market where a system is managed and controlled by a computer program. In the cryptocurrency space, AMOs are often used to manage the supply of stablecoins to maintain their peg to fiat currencies or other assets.
AMM：Automated Market Maker
Refers to automatically providing liquidity for transactions through smart contracts.
BTD/BTFD：Buy The Dip
Refers to buying when prices are falling.
CEX：Centralized Exchange
Refers to centralized exchanges, such as Binance and OXEX.
CBDC ：Central Bank Digital Currency
Refers to the legal tender digital currency issued by central banks of various countries
DYODD：Do Your Own Due Diligence
Refers to due diligence. It emphasizes that investors should have an in-depth understanding of the project, team, technology and other aspects, and conduct a comprehensive assessment.
DD：Due Diligence
Refers to due diligence.
DYOR：Do Your Own Research
Refers to self-research of cryptocurrency projects, used as a reminder to do your own research and be responsible for the results.
DeFi：Decentralized Finance
Refers to decentralized finance, generally referring to related public chains, protocols and other infrastructure.
DEPIN：Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks
Refers to decentralized network facilities, specifically the collective application of network facilities.
DEX ：Decentralized Exchange
Refers to decentralized exchanges such as Uniswap, Aerodrome, etc.
DAO：Decentralized Autonomous Organization
Refers to a decentralized autonomous organization where community members can make decisions or influence the development of the organization.
DPOS：Delegated Proof of Stake
Refers to a consensus mechanism that allows coin holders to vote for "representatives" or "validators" to verify transactions and maintain the blockchain network. These elected representatives have the right to produce blocks.
DApps: Decentralized Applications
Refers to applications running on a decentralized network.
FOMO：Fear Of Missing Out
Refers to a psychological state of fear of missing out on trading opportunities.
FUD：Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
Refers to a state of panic, uncertainty and doubt, used as a reminder not to fall into this state and to stay rational.
GM：Good Morning
Refers to the greeting of good morning.
GN：Good Night
Refers to the greeting of good evening.
GameFi ：Game + Finance
Refers to web3 games that allow you to earn money while playing, specifically a blockchain economic system based on the game ecosystem.
GMI：Going to make it
Refers to achieving success. Its derivative words include: WAGMI (We’re all going to make it), which means we can all achieve success. NGMI (Not going to make it) means the opposite, which means we cannot achieve success.
Wei: giga wei
Gwei is also known as giga wei. Wei is the smallest unit of measurement in Ethereum, representing the smallest unit of transaction gas in the Ethereum blockchain. Among them, 1 ETH = 10^18 Wei, 1 Giga Wei = 10^9 Wei.
HODL: Hold On for Dear Life
Derived from an accidental clerical error, it means lifelong holding.
NAFA：Not A Financial Advice
This is not financial advice. The information shared is for reference only and does not constitute any investment advice.
ICO：Initial Coin Offering
Refers to the initial token issuance, which is similar to stock issuance, the first public or specific circle trading, and is a means of financing.
IEO：Initial Exchange Offering
IEO is also a type of ICO, which refers to an ICO held by a cryptocurrency trading platform. It is more compliant, and the relevant tokens will be listed on the trading platform after the financing is completed.
IBO：Initial Bounty Offering
Refers to a method of launching a cryptocurrency project that requires people to contribute their skills and time in order to earn rewards in the new cryptocurrency.
IDO：Initial Decentralized Exchange Offering
Refers to when a blockchain project issues tokens on a decentralized exchange to raise funds from investors.
IFO：Initial Farm Offering
It means that DeFi projects distribute new project tokens in proportion to the number of native tokens provided by participants.
IGO：Initial Game Offering
Refers to individuals investing in game projects early on by purchasing blockchain game tokens or NFTs.
INO：Initial NFT Offering
Refers to a financing method based on NFT (non-fungible token), similar to the traditional ICO (initial coin offering). INO allows NFT projects to sell NFTs to the public at the time of the initial offering to raise funds and expand the community.
ISPO：Initial Stake Pool Offering
Refers to a unique fundraising method conducted on the Cardano blockchain to support the development of new projects. Unlike traditional ICOs, ISPOs do not sell tokens directly, but encourage users to delegate their ADA to the equity pool of the new project in exchange for the new project's tokens.
THIS: Initial Token Offering
Refers to a new type of financing method that raises funds for blockchain projects by issuing digital tokens.
Note: Many people confuse ITO with ICO (Initial Coin Offering). Although both involve the issuance of digital tokens, there are some differences between them:
Regulation: ITOs are usually more strictly regulated because the tokens issued may represent equity in the company, which involves securities laws. ICOs are relatively lightly regulated.
Nature of tokens: Tokens issued by ITO usually represent the company's equity or assets and have a more clear value. Tokens issued by ICO may represent various rights, including usage rights, governance rights, etc.
Risk: ITO has relatively low risk due to stricter regulation. However, ICO has higher risk because many ICO projects lack regulation and there is a risk of fraud.
JOMO：Joy of Missing Out
Refers to the joy of missing out. It is the opposite of When prices plummet or a project is revealed to be a scam, people use this term to express their joy at not being involved in cryptocurrency.
KYC：Know Your Customer
Refers to customer identity verification performed by exchanges for regulatory compliance purposes.
LFG：Let's F-u-c-king Go/ Let's Freaking Go
Used to express excitement about the launch of new projects and NFT news, it can be understood as rushing forward.
MEV：Miner Extractable Value
It refers to the process in which miners obtain additional benefits beyond block rewards and basic transaction fees by sorting, including or excluding transactions during block packaging.
NFT：Non-Fungible Token
Refers to non-fungible tokens that represent unique digital assets, such as pictures, audio, etc.
OS：OpenSea
Refers to the largest NFT trading market on Ethereum.
AND: Original Gangster
The original meaning refers to the original members of a gang, and is extended to mean the first person to participate in something. In the cryptocurrency circle, OG refers specifically to senior players who entered the circle very early, have a deep understanding of the circle, and are deeply respected by the community.
PNL：Profit and Loss
Refers to the profit or loss value.
PoA：Proof of Authority
Refers to a proof mechanism that only authorized nodes have the right to verify transactions and generate new blocks. These authorized nodes are usually pre-selected and have a high degree of credibility or authority.
PoB：Proof of Burn
Refers to a method of verifying transactions and maintaining network security by "burning" cryptocurrencies.
PoD：Proof of Development
Refers to a verification method that proves that there is a real developer team behind a cryptocurrency project and that it has the ability to deliver the work.
PoH：Proof of History
Refers to a blockchain consensus mechanism. It solves the time synchronization and consensus problems in the blockchain network by generating a verifiable time series to record the order of events.
PoIM：Proof of Immutable
Refers to a cryptographic technology designed to prove that blockchain data cannot be tampered with. Its core idea is that once data is recorded on the blockchain, it cannot be modified or deleted.
PoV：Proof of Value
Refers to a new type of consensus mechanism that aims to determine the status and rights of participants in the blockchain network by measuring their value contribution.
ROI：Return on Investment
Refers to the ratio of return you get from your investment, usually profit/principal.
STO：Security Token Offering
It refers to a financing method that digitizes securities in the traditional financial market (such as stocks, bonds, funds, etc.) and issues and trades them in the form of tokens on the blockchain.
SocialFi ：Social + Finance
It refers to the combination of social networks and DeFi, and a blockchain economic system built on social networks.
SATS: Satoshi
Satoshi is the name of the creator of Bitcoin, and is now used to refer to the smallest unit of Bitcoin. 1BTC=10^8 SATS. It may also refer to the inscription SATS.
To Da Moon： to the moon(Dogecoin)
Refers to a rapid increase in price. The Dogecoin community is generally credited with popularizing this phrase.
TVL：Total Value Locked
Refers to the total locked value, which is often used to measure the scale of DeFi projects. It is generally the sum of all types of assets locked by users.
TGE：Token Generation Event
Refers to the event in which tokens are issued on the chain, corresponding to the token protocol.
TX：Transaction
Refers to the act of exchanging crypto assets within a cryptocurrency network.
TPS：Transactions Per Second
Refers to the maximum number of transactions that a cryptocurrency network can process in one second.
UTXO：Unspent Transaction Output
Refers to the remaining amount in the wallet that has not been spent from the last transaction.
2FA：Two-Factor Authentication
Refers to additional security authentication protection on the platform in addition to username and password, requiring two different types of identity authentication.
4. Reference
-1https://0xdaily.xyz/index.php/2024/05/07/14282/
-2https://www.wenxuecity.com/blog/202109/72814/4726.html
-3https://en.wikipedia.org/
