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Custody

Who actually holds the keys. Self-custody means you do; a custodian means a regulated firm does, which shifts…

Gas fee

The charge paid to have a transaction processed on a blockchain. Fees rise with congestion, which is why…

Inflation

The rate at which prices rise across an economy, reducing what a unit of currency buys. Central banks…

On background

Information that may be published but not attributed by name, usually described instead by role, such as "a…

Open source

Software published under a licence that lets anyone inspect, modify and redistribute it. In AI the label is…

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