Cryptocurrency Glossary

General


  • Coin
  • Token
  • Blockchain

Mining


Wallets

A cryptocurrency wallet is a program that accesses your cryptocurrency account on the blockchain. At no time does your cryptocurrency live with the wallet.


  • Cold wallet
  • Hardware wallet
  • Hot wallet
  • Mnemonic phrase
  • Paper wallet
  • Web wallet

Technical

Here are some more techical terms you may see while you learn about cryptocurrency:


  • Base58 – https://learnmeabitcoin.com/technical/base58
  • Stratum Error Codes
    • 20 = Other/Unknown
    • 21 = Job not found (=stale)
    • 22 = Duplicate share
    • 23 = Low difficulty share
    • 24 = Unauthorized worker
    • 25 = Not subscribed
    • 26 = Invalid wallet address
    • 27 = Wallet address too long