Everybody Loves Bitcoin
This term refers to any cryptocurrency alternative to Bitcoin.
Altcoin
Some feel that this U.S. government entity should regulate crypto to stabilize the price volatility. Others say they should simply stay out of it.
Securities Exchange Commission (SEC)
This type of application runs on the Ethereum blockchain, avoiding a single point of failure
Decentralized App (DApp)
This collective week of events featured the collaboration of blockchain community organizations, startups, and experts across Atlanta.
Atlanta Blockchain Week
This is the first entity to allow trading of Bitcoin futures.
CBOE (Chicago Board Options Exchange)
This is a computer that possesses a blockchain’s entire history in order to observe and enforce its rules.
Node / Full Node
This process of encrypting & decrypting information prevents third parties from reading information to which they are not privy.
Cryptography
This computer protocol is intended to facilitate, verify, or enforce a contract on the blockchain without third parties.
Smart Contract
This Atlanta-based company has made it possible to store and use your crypto anywhere that accepts a VISA card.
Bitpay
This is the amount of global fiat currency that exists in physical form.
3%
This is a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer.
Algorithm
This refers to the feeling of apprehension for allowing a potentially profitable investment opportunity pass and regretting it later.
FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)
This is the process by which real-world assets are turned into something of digital value.
Tokenization
This local startup incubator is home to many Atlanta blockchain companies and is the 4th largest tech hub in the nation.
Atlanta Tech Village
This document is prepared by an ICO project team to interest investors with its vision, technical information, and a roadmap for how it plans to grow and succeed.
White Paper
This setup involves multiple nodes combining their computing power to increase their chances of solving the next block on a blockchain.
Mining Pool
This strategy of spreading negative, misleading or false information is used to drive down the price of a cryptocurrency.
FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt)
This cryptocurrency was created after a $70M hack of the DAO forced the Ethereum blockchain to make a hard fork.
This next level initiative infuses the “buy black” movement with blockchain technology to incentivize the Black community to invest in itself.
Guap Coin
This crypto doesn’t have the conventional characteristics of a cryptocurrency and is actually used to facilitate international bank transactions.
Ripple (XRP)
A proof-of-work system used to limit email spam and denial of service attacks, and more recently has been known for its use in bitcoin.
Hashcash
This portion of the internet is not indexed by search engines and can only be accessed with specific software, configurations or authorizations.
Dark Web
This is the programming language used by Ethereum for developing smart contracts.
Solidity
This Atlanta-headquartered organization advocates for the mass adoption of blockchain for Commerce, Consumers, and Careers; and invited you all out tonight.
The Blockchain Chamber of Commerce
It’s the most widely used currency for illegal activity in the world, including the selling of firearms, drug trafficking, and human trafficking.
U.S. Dollar (USD)