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Add crypto glossary guide

content/courses/zk-hack.md

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-title: "ZK Hack"
-description: "Hub for zk learning and building."
-authors: ["@__zkhack__"]
-tags: ["Smart Contracts","ZKP"]
-languages: ["Solidity"]
-url: "https://zkhack.dev/"
-dateAdded: 2023-04-22
-level: "Intermediate"
+title: 'ZK Hack'
+description: 'Hub for zk learning and building.'
+authors: ['@__zkhack__']
+tags: ['Smart Contracts', 'ZKP']
+languages: ['Solidity']
+url: 'https://zkhack.dev/'
+dateAdded: 2023-04-12
+level: 'Intermediate'
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-ZK Whiteboard Sessions is an educational series on all things zero knowledge. Produced by ZK Hack and powered by Polygon – we’ll be releasing a new module every week!
+ZK Whiteboard Sessions is an educational series on all things zero knowledge. Produced by ZK Hack and powered by Polygon – we’ll be releasing a new module every week!

content/guides/crypto-glossary.md

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+title: 'Crypto glossary – important terms to navigate web3'
+description: 'The glossary provides you with definitions for the most important terms to navigate the web3 landscape.'
+authors: ['@bitblondy']
+level: Beginner
+tags: ['Web3']
+languages: ['Solidity']
+url: 'https://www.useweb3.xyz/guides/crypto-glossary'
+featured: true
+date: 2024-01-26
+dateAdded: 2024-01-28
+---
+
+Navigating conversations and understanding key concepts in web3 sometimes requires its own terminology. In this regard, web3 is not just a technological shift, but also a cultural one.
+
+This guide will provide you with the **most essential terms** to decode the language and become a web3 citizen. It is tailored to provide you with clear and concise definitions for the unique terms that define this industry.
+
+Dive in, discover, and enhance your fluency in the unique lexicon of the web3 industry. (-:
+
+If you want to contribute to the glossary, [have a look on Github](https://github.com/wslyvh/useWeb3/tree/main).
+
+## Glossary a-z
+
+- **Airdrop**  
+  Distribution of free tokens, usually to promote a product or incentivise early users
+
+- **Altcoin**  
+  Alternative coin, any cryptocurrency other than Bitcoin
+
+- **AMM**  
+  Automated Market Maker, popular mechanism among decentralized exchanges (DEXes) involving liquidity pools instead of an orderbook-based system
+
+- **Anon**  
+  Anonymous, entity that wishes to remain anonymous or pseudonymous
+
+- **Beacon Chain**  
+  Ethereum’s proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus layer
+
+- **Bridge**  
+  Service that transfers tokens between multiple blockchains (cross-chain)
+
+- **BUIDL**  
+  Term to describe the web3 building ethos, even despite a bear market, inspired by HODL
+
+- **CeFi**  
+  Centralized finance, the “traditional” finance sector, in contrast to DeFi (decentralized finance)
+
+- **CEX**  
+  Centralized Exchange, app for swapping tokens run by a company, often used for fiat exchange; in contrast to DEX (Decentralized Exchange)
+
+- **Cypherpunks**  
+  Cypher + punks, movement originating in the early 90s, emphasizing the need for privacy in the digital age, enforced by cryptography
+
+- **DAO**  
+  Decentralized Autonomous Organization, blockchain-based organizations that are owned and governed by their members via tokens
+
+- **DApp**  
+  Decentralized Application, blockchain-based services that use smart contracts in their backend and thus have a distributed nature, without the need for intermediaries
+
+- **DeFi**  
+  Decentralized Finance, general term for decentralized services in the financial sector, that are permissionless and globally available, e.g., DEXes (decentralized exchanges) or lending protocols
+
+- **Degen**  
+  Degenerate, term for a person that is deeply involved in crypto or a specific sector, e.g., DeFi Degens
+
+- **DEX**  
+  Decentralized Exchange, blockchain-based app for swapping tokens that use smart contracts to be permissionless
+
+- **Diamond Hands**  
+  Holding a digital asset through very volatile times
+
+- **DYOR**  
+  Do Your Own Research, principle of self-verification instead of trusting others
+
+- **EIP**  
+  Ethereum Improvement Proposal, a process to describe standards for the Ethereum platform
+
+- **ERC**  
+  Ethereum Request for Comments, form of EIP to specify application layer standards; the most popular ones are ERC20 for fungible tokens and ERC721 for non-fungible tokens
+
+- **EVM**  
+  Ethereum Virtual Machine, the environment in which all Ethereum accounts and smart contracts live, the EVM defines the rules for computing a new valid state from block to block
+
+- **Exchange**  
+  An application that allows users to buy and sell crypto assets
+
+- **Exit Scam**  
+  Scenario in which a project or a part of a team steals the investors’ money and leaves
+
+- **Explorer**  
+  Webpage that displays information about the transaction history of a blockchain
+
+- **Faucet**  
+  Service that dispenses free tokens, usually for test networks
+
+- **Flippening**  
+  Term to describe a pivotal change in price or perception, e.g., when the market cap of a token exceeds the one of another token
+
+- **FOMO**  
+  Fear Of Missing Out, term to describe the feeling of not being included in something, e.g., a crypto investment or news
+
+- **Fork**  
+  Split of a blockchain or project due to technical issues or a dispute
+
+- **FUD**  
+  Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt, the opposite of FOMO
+
+- **Gas**  
+  Term for the fee that Ethereum transactions cost; it is used to reward validators and prevents malicious use of the blockchain
+
+- **Genesis Block**  
+  The first block recorded in a blockchain
+
+- **Gm**  
+  Good morning, form of greetings in crypto communities; due to the global nature of web3 it can be used at any time of the day
+
+- **Hash**  
+  Function that can be used to map data of arbitrary size to fixed-size values, e.g., for encryption, cryptographic hash functions are used in many parts of the web3 industry
+
+- **HODL**  
+  A frequent term referring to a strict buy-and-hold strategy, became famous after a misspelling in the bitcointalk forum in 2013
+
+- **ICO**  
+  Initial coin offering, the process of selling tokens when launching a new crypto project, inspired by the initial public offering (IPO) for stocks.
+
+- **JOMO**  
+  Joy Of Missing Out, converting FOMO into a positive feeling
+
+- **KYC**  
+  Know Your Customer, a process to verify the identity of customers; often used by centralized exchanges or entities
+
+- **Layer 1**  
+  Base blockchain architecture that serves as the foundation for other layers, also called mainnet, e.g., Ethereum
+
+- **Layer 2**  
+  Built on top of layer 1, usually for scaling purposes, e.g., Optimism
+
+- **Minting**  
+  Process of creating new token(s)
+
+- **Mixer**  
+  Decentralized Application that “mixes” tokens to cover their transaction history, used for private transactions
+
+- **NFT**  
+  Non-Fungible Token, a type of token that is not interchangeable or divisible, in contrast to fungible tokens; often used for digital collectibles
+
+- **Node**  
+  An instance holding a copy of the blockchain, it is connected to other nodes, synchronizing the blockchain and thus forming the network
+
+- **OG**  
+  Original Gangster, a person who was very early involved in crypto or a specific project
+
+- **Orcale**  
+  Data bridge to bring real-world information onto the blockchain
+
+- **P2P**  
+  Peer-to-peer, referring to a transaction between two people without other (central) parties involved
+
+- **Rollups**  
+  Popular type of layer 2, scaling solution that uses transaction bundling (“rolling up”) transactions before publishing them to the main chain
+
+- **Rug Pull**  
+  Scenario in which a team abandons a project and/or removes its liquidity, similar to exit scams
+
+- **SBTs**  
+  Soul-Bound-token, type of NFT that is non-transferrable
+
+- **Smart contract**  
+  Programs that run on the blockchain that follow the "if this then that" logic, they execute themselves when certain conditions are met
+
+- **Snapshot**  
+  Record of a blockchain at a particular block height, also the name of a popular DAO voting tool
+
+- **Solidity**  
+  Smart Contract Programming Language, created for the Ethereum blockchain but popular for other chains as well
+
+- **Stablecoin**  
+  A cryptocurrency that is pegged to another asset, mostly USD
+
+- **Staking**  
+  Process of locking tokens to contribute to validation in a proof of stake blockchain
+
+- **Token**  
+  Representation of a digital asset on a blockchain
+
+- **TVL**  
+  Total Value Locked, equivalent of USD locked in a blockchain or protocol, often used as an indicator in DeFi, e.g. in lending protocols
+
+- **Validator**  
+  Virtual entity participating in the consensus of a proof of stake blockchain, they participate in producing blocks and validating transactions
+
+- **WAGMI**  
+  Acronym for “We're All Gonna Make It”, expression used to show an optimistic attitude about the future of web3
+
+- **Whale**  
+  An entity holding a large amount of cryptocurrency, sometimes even a significant part of a project
+
+- **Whitepaper**  
+  Document that is released with new crypto projects to explain the details of the project.
+
+- **ZKP**  
+  Zero-Knowledge-Proof, cryptographic mechanism to verify an information without revealing it, often used for scaling solutions of privacy applications