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- AMABeginnerA live Q&A format where community members ask questions directly to project teams, developers, or other notable figures in the Cardano ecosystem.General Blockchain
- AmbassadorA community member who promotes Cardano education and adoption.General Blockchain
- APIA set of endpoints that lets software talk to other software; in Cardano, APIs let applications query the chain, submit transactions, and read on-chain state.General Blockchain
- CardanoA public, permissionless Layer 1 blockchain built on peer-reviewed research.General Blockchain
- CBDCA digital form of fiat currency issued and controlled by a central bank; unlike permissionless cryptocurrencies, CBDCs are centrally administered and their rules can be changed by the issuer.General Blockchain
- CEXBeginnerA trading platform where a company holds custody of your assets and runs the order book internally; unlike a DEX, you only fully own your ada once you withdraw it to your own wallet.General Blockchain
- Computation LayerAn early architectural concept from Cardano's original roadmap describing smart contract execution as a layer separate from settlement.General Blockchain
- DEXBeginnerA trading venue where swaps execute as on-chain code rather than through a central operator, so you trade directly from your wallet and never hand over custody of your funds.General Blockchain
- DIDAn identifier you create and control yourself, with no central registrar; the record that resolves it lives on a blockchain or other decentralized system rather than in a single company's database.General Blockchain
- DYORBeginnerCommunity shorthand reminding people to investigate a project, team, or claim themselves before investing or acting, rather than trusting anyone else's pitch.General Blockchain
- Edinburgh Decentralisation Index (EDI)A research framework developed by Input Output and the University of Edinburgh to measure and compare decentralization across blockchain systems.General Blockchain
- eUTXOCardano's extension of the UTXO accounting model; each output can carry datum and script logic, so smart contracts express rules without the shared mutable state used by account-based chains.General Blockchain
- Genesis BlockThe very first block of a blockchain, kickstarting the ledger that every subsequent block extends.General Blockchain
- Nakamoto CoefficientAdvancedA measure of how decentralized a blockchain is, expressed as the smallest number of entities that could collude to compromise it.General Blockchain
- ScamBeginnerA fraudulent scheme designed to steal funds or personal information, often exploiting trust or lack of knowledge.General Blockchain
- Style GuideThe Editorial Style Guide defines writing conventions, spelling standards, and terminology usage for Cardano.org.General Blockchain
- Use CaseA specific application or scenario where Cardano technology solves a problem.General Blockchain
- UTXOUnspent Transaction Output, the accounting model Cardano shares with Bitcoin where transactions consume whole earlier outputs and create new ones, similar to spending banknotes and getting change back.General Blockchain
- UTxO Cost per ByteThe protocol parameter that prices each byte of on-chain storage a UTxO occupies, used to derive the minimum ada that must accompany any new output.General Blockchain
- Working GroupA group uniting experts and community members to focus on a specific topic within the Cardano ecosystem.General Blockchain