The Cardano Glossary

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The Cardano Glossary

Find the meanings of popuar words used in the Cardano Blockchain & Project Catalyst.

There are 13 entries in this glossary.
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Fan Token
A fan token is a cryptocurrency issued by a specific sports team and allows its holders to participate in the governing activities and attain exclusive rewards & discounts.
Faucet
A cryptocurrency reward system usually on a website or app, that rewards users for completing certain tasks.
Fee
amount of ada or other cryptocurrency charged for transaction processing.
Fibonacci Retracement
The Fibonacci retracement method uses a set of key numbers called Fibonacci ratios to identify the support and resistance levels of an asset/stock/cryptocurrency.
Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
The FATF is a global organization that sets global standards to combat money laundering and terrorist financing (AML/CFT).
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)?
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is a U.S. bureau that analyzes financial transactions to prevent financial crimes.
Flash Loans
Flash loans are a type of uncollateralized lending used in decentralized finance (DeFi).
FOMO
An acronym that stands for "Fear of Missing Out."
Fork (Blockchain)
Forks, or chain splits, create an alternate version of the blockchain, leaving two blockchains to run simultaneously.
Fork (Software)
When an entirely new program has been developed from source code, taken from an open source software.
Fund (Project Catalyst)
A fund consists of a set of challenges that each have available funding to address certain problems and focus areas within the Cardano ecosystem. There are currently new funding rounds roughly every 6-12 weeks for Project Catalyst.
Fungible
In cryptocurrency, fungibility is when a coin or token can be replaced by any other identical coin or token.
Fungible token/asset
an asset that is interchangeable and indistinguishable with some other asset(s). Same denomination bills and coins are fungible assets, for example, like equal quantities of ada to lovelaces.