Mascots
This nocturnal predator is also the mascot of a DeFi DAO.
What is an owl? (IndexCoop)
The largest volcano in our solar system, and the largest mountain in Greece share its name with this "DeFi 2.0" Protocol.
What is OlympusDAO?
The mechanism by which nodes in a distributed computing system agree on the information that gets added to the system.
What is a consensus algorithm?
A scaling solution where individual nodes possess only part of the blockchain.
What is sharding?
This algorithmic liquidity provider that works with many of the largest retail exchanges borrows its name from a character in William Gibson's Neuromancer.
What is Wintermute?
This food staple is often flavored with rice vinegar, and this popular DEX.
What is sushi?
This term for esoteric knowledge of spiritual truth is also the namesake for this multisig wallet.
What is Gnosis?
The mechanism in which you bet your tokens on the validity of the chain.
What is proof of stake?
The act of validating transactions and minting new coins
What is mining?
A charismatic ex-banker named Mike Novogratz runs this liquidity provider and prime brokerage.
What is Galaxy Digital?
An omnivore that feeds mostly on earthworms is the mascot for a Big 10 school and this synthetic BTC protocol?
What is BadgerDAO?
Saturn’s Moon was named after these pre-Olympian gods. Also, a failed DeFi project that lost 98% in 14 hours.
What is Titan?
Packages of data that carry permanently recorded data on the blockchain.
What is a block?
Advertising a crypto currency, especially if you have a vested interest in it
What is shilling?
The Block's Larry Chermak backed this liquidity provider DeFi protocol alongside Sam Bankman Fried.
What is SushiSwap?
This asset lending market protocol’s mascot is not kosher.
What is WePiggy?
The device that serves as a bridge between the real world and the digital world by providing data to the smart contracts.
What is an oracle?
The function that confirms coin transactions, also used to refer to mining power.
What is a hash?
Someone who owns enough of an asset to enough to influence its price
What is a whale?
This liquidity provider has ties to FTX
What is Alameda Research?
This mythological animal may have been based on early descriptions of Indian rhinos.
What is a Unicorn?
A Cosmos project offering decentralized swaps between chains is named after this Norse god
What is Thor?
A computer that possesses a copy of the blockchain and allows its owner to self-validate it.
What is a node?
When a group of miners tries to take over a chain
What is a 51% attack?
This protocol, founded by Fernando Martinelli and Mike McDonald, allows users to earn profits by contributing to customizable liquidity pools.
What is Balancer?