Crypto Glossary: E

Crypto Glossary

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e-Cash, eCash: A form of electronic cash designed to provide privacy and anonymity in transactions.

e-Commerce: The buying and selling of goods or services, or the transmitting of funds or data, over an electronic network, primarily the internet.

e-Gold: A digital currency backed by gold reserves, allowing users to transact online.

e-KYC: Electronic Know Your Customer, the digital verification of a customer’s identity.

e-Money: Electronically stored monetary value on a technical device that may be widely used for payments to entities other than the issuer.

e-Signature: An electronic indication of intent to agree to the content of a document.

e-Sports, eSports: Competitive video gaming, often organized and watched online.

Early Adopter: An individual or business that uses a new product or technology before most other people.

Early Bird Discount: A reduced price offered to customers who purchase a product or service before a specified date.

Early Exercise in Options: The act of exercising an option contract before its expiration date.

Earn Protocol: A protocol that allows users to deposit crypto assets and earn interest or other rewards.

Ease of Integration: The degree to which a system or component can be easily connected and made to work with other systems.

Ease of Use: The degree to which a product or service is simple and intuitive to use.

Economic Arbitrage: The practice of taking advantage of price differences in different markets to make a profit.

Economic Decentralization: The distribution of economic power away from central authorities.

Economic Incentive: A reward or punishment that influences behavior related to economic decisions.

Economic Model: A simplified representation of economic relationships used to analyze and predict economic behavior.

Economic Node: A participant in a decentralized network that contributes to the economic functions of the system.

Economic Rent: Payment to a factor of production in excess of what is needed to keep it in its present use.

Economic Security: The condition of having stable income or other resources to support a standard of living now and in the foreseeable future.

Ecosystem Fund: A pool of capital dedicated to supporting the growth and development of a specific project or platform’s ecosystem.

Ecosystem Partner: A collaborator or participant within a project’s ecosystem, contributing to its development and growth.

Edge Computing: Distributed computing that brings computation and data storage closer to the location where it’s needed, improving response times and saving bandwidth.

Educational Resources: Materials and tools designed to provide information and instruction on a particular subject.

Effective Annual Rate: The actual annual rate of return taking into account the effect of compounding interest.

Effective Proof-of-Stake: A variation of the Proof-of-Stake consensus mechanism that aims to improve security and efficiency.

Efficient Market Hypothesis: The theory that asset prices fully reflect all available information.

Egalitarian: Believing in or based on the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities.

EIP-1559: An Ethereum Improvement Proposal that introduced a base fee burning mechanism, changing the fee structure of Ethereum transactions.

Elastic Bandwidth: Network bandwidth that can dynamically adjust to changing demand.

Electronic Certificate: A digital document used to verify the identity of an individual, organization, or device.

Electric Coin Company – This is the company that initially developed and continues to support the Zcash cryptocurrency.

Electronic Funds Transfer: The electronic transfer of money from one bank account to another, either within a single financial institution or across multiple institutions.

Electronic Ledger: A digital record of transactions.

Electronic Signature Law: Legislation that defines the legal validity and enforceability of electronic signatures.

Electrum Wallet: A lightweight software wallet for Bitcoin that emphasizes speed and simplicity.

Eligibility Criteria: The set of requirements that must be met to qualify for something.

Elliott Waves: A form of technical analysis that uses recurring long-term price patterns to analyze and predict market trends.

Email Spoofing: The forgery of an email header so that the message appears to have originated from someone or somewhere other than the actual source.

Embedded Wallet: A digital wallet integrated directly into an application or platform.

Emergent Consensus: A form of consensus that arises from the collective behavior of a decentralized network, without a central authority.

Emerging Markets: Developing countries with rapid economic growth and increasing integration into the global economy.

Emission: The process of releasing new units of a cryptocurrency into circulation.

Emission Schedule: A predetermined plan that outlines the rate and timing of new cryptocurrency units being released into circulation.

Empowerment: The process of becoming stronger and more confident, especially in controlling one’s life and claiming one’s rights.

Empty Blocks: Blocks in a blockchain that contain no transactions.

Emulated Trading: Simulated trading that mimics real-world market conditions, often used for practice or testing.

Enabled Smart Contracts: The functionality of a blockchain platform that allows for the execution of self-executing contracts with the terms of the agreement between buyer and seller being directly written into lines of code.

Enclave: A secure area within a processor that provides isolated execution of code and data.

Encrypted Backup: A copy of data that has been encoded to prevent unauthorized access.

Encrypted Communication: Communication that has been encoded to protect its confidentiality.

Encrypted Data: Information that has been converted into a code to prevent unauthorized access.

Encrypted Messaging: The use of encryption to secure messages.

Encrypted Storage: The storing of data in an encoded format to protect it from unauthorized access.

Encryption: The process of converting information or data into a code, especially to prevent unauthorized access.

End User License Agreement: A legal contract between a software application’s author or publisher and the user of that application.

Endorsement: Public approval or support of someone or something.

Energy Consumption: The amount of energy used by a process or system.

Energy Efficient Mining: Cryptocurrency mining operations designed to minimize energy usage.

Engineered Inflation: The deliberate manipulation of a currency’s supply to cause inflation.

Enhanced Privacy: Measures taken to improve the protection of personal information.

Enterprise Blockchain: Blockchain solutions tailored for use by large organizations.

Enterprise Ethereum Alliance: An organization that connects Fortune 500 enterprises, startups, academics, and technology vendors with Ethereum experts.

Enterprise Grade: Denoting a product or service that is suitable for use by large organizations.

Entity Validation: The process of verifying the identity and legitimacy of an organization or individual.

Entropy: A measure of randomness or disorder.

Entry Point: A place or means of access to something.

Ephemeral Key: A cryptographic key that is generated for a single use and then discarded.

Epoch: A distinct period of time or a specific point in time used in certain blockchain protocols.

Epoch Rewards: Payouts distributed to participants for their contributions during a specific time period in a blockchain network.

Equilibrium Price: The market price where the quantity supplied equals the quantity demanded.

Equity: Ownership in a company or asset, represented by shares of stock.

Equity Crowdfunding: Raising capital by selling equity shares to a large number of investors online.

Equity Token Offering: The issuance of digital tokens that represent ownership in a company or asset.

Equivalent: Equal in value, amount, function, or meaning.

ERC-1155: A standard for tokens on the Ethereum blockchain that allows for the creation of both fungible and non-fungible tokens in a single contract.

ERC-20: A standard for fungible tokens on the Ethereum blockchain.

ERC-223: An alternative standard for fungible tokens on the Ethereum blockchain, designed to prevent accidental token loss.

ERC-721: A standard for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the Ethereum blockchain.

ERC-777: An Ethereum token standard that provides improved functionality and backward compatibility with ERC-20.

ERC-827: An extension of the ERC-20 standard that allows for token transfers that trigger contract calls.

ERC-884: A standard for tokenized equity shares on the Ethereum blockchain.

ERC-948: A standard for subscription tokens on the Ethereum blockchain.

Error Handling: The process of responding to and managing errors during computer program execution.

Error Rate: The frequency of errors in a process or system.

Escrow: A financial arrangement where a third party holds and regulates payment of the funds required for two parties involved in a given transaction.

ESG: Environmental, Social, and Governance criteria that investors use to screen potential investments.

Essential Updates: Necessary software or system modifications required for proper functionality and security.

Estimated Time of Arrival: A prediction of when a transaction or process is expected to complete.

ETH/BTC: The trading pair representing the exchange rate between Ethereum (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC).

Ethash: The proof-of-work algorithm used by the Ethereum blockchain.

Ether: The native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain.

Ethereum 2.0: A major upgrade to the Ethereum blockchain that transitioned it from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake.

Ethereum Classic: A decentralized, open-source blockchain platform that runs smart contracts.

Ethereum Difficulty: A measure of how difficult it is to mine a new block on the Ethereum blockchain.

Ethereum Foundation: A non-profit organization that supports the development and growth of the Ethereum ecosystem.

Ethereum Improvement Proposals: Standards for proposed changes and additions to the Ethereum network.

Ethereum Name Service: A distributed, open, and extensible naming system based on the Ethereum blockchain.

Ethereum Push Notification Service: A decentralized communication layer that enables users to receive notifications directly to their cryptocurrency wallets.

Ethereum Request For Comment: A document used to propose and discuss potential changes or improvements to the Ethereum network.

Ethereum Scaling Solutions: Methods and technologies designed to increase the transaction throughput and reduce fees on the Ethereum blockchain.

Ethereum Testnet: A version of the Ethereum blockchain used for testing and development purposes.

Ethereum Transaction: A signed data package that represents a transfer of Ether or an interaction with a smart contract on the Ethereum blockchain.

Ethereum Virtual Machine: A runtime environment for smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain.

Ethical Mining: Cryptocurrency mining practices that prioritize environmental sustainability and social responsibility.

Event Sourcing: A design pattern where changes to the application state are stored as a sequence of events.

Event Triggers: Actions or conditions that initiate a specific event or process.

Event-Driven Architecture: A software architecture pattern that revolves around the production, detection, and consumption of events.

Exchange API: An application programming interface that allows developers to access and interact with a cryptocurrency exchange’s data and functionality.

Exchange Liquidity: The ease with which assets can be bought or sold on a cryptocurrency exchange without significantly affecting the asset’s price.

Exchange Listing: The process of making a cryptocurrency available for trading on a specific exchange.

Exchange Rate: The value of one currency in relation to another currency.

Exchange Traded Fund: An investment fund traded on stock exchanges, much like stocks.

Exchange Wallet: A digital wallet provided by a cryptocurrency exchange for users to store and trade their digital assets.

Execution Environment: The software and hardware environment in which computer programs are executed.

Execution Layer: The part of a blockchain architecture responsible for processing transactions and executing smart contracts.

Execution Risk: The risk that a trade or transaction will not be executed as intended.

Exit Scam: A fraudulent scheme in which a project or exchange abruptly shuts down, taking users’ funds with them.

Exodus Wallet: A multi-asset cryptocurrency wallet with a focus on user-friendly design.

Expected Value: The average of possible outcomes, weighted by their probabilities.

Expert Advisor: An automated trading program used on trading platforms.

Explorer: A tool used to browse and view transactions and blocks on a blockchain.

Exponential Growth: Growth whose rate becomes increasingly rapid in proportion to the growing total number or size.

Exponential Moving Average: A type of moving average that gives more weight to recent price data.

Exposure: The total value of assets or liabilities that are subject to potential loss.

Express Transactions: Transactions that are processed quickly, often for a higher fee.

Extended Public Key: A key used to generate a series of public keys in a hierarchical deterministic wallet.

Extensibility: The ability of a system or software to be extended or modified.

External Oracle: A third-party service that provides off-chain data to smart contracts.

External Wallet: A cryptocurrency wallet that is not integrated directly into an exchange or platform.

Extrinsic: In the context of blockchains like Substrate, an extrinsic is a piece of data that comes from outside the chain and is included in a block, like a transaction.

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