A List of Top Terms to Know, From A-Z

In the beginning was the (made up) word: Bitcoin. And the words that came with it: Blockchain. Satoshi Nakamoto. Cryptocurrencies. Face it, while crypto’s arc of innovation touches many things — computer science, economics, finance — its biggest breakthrough may be its constant supply of fresh vernacular, a trend that shows no sign of depletion. Enemies are named (“TradFi”), propaganda unmasked (“FUD”) and battlefields defined (“web3”). Among crypto bulls, jargon is almost as big a currency as Bitcoin itself. Pseudoscientific language is traded online with virtually the same gusto as memecoins and NFTs. Some of the terms stick around, and some fade away. Here’s a selection of crypto slang worth knowing, whether you’ve got diamond hands or are just a normie.