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Market Cap: $2.277T 1.3%

24h Vol: $63.865B

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Decentralized

By CoinGecko | Updated on Mar 03, 2020

Describes a system where there are no centralized points of failure (eg. a pillar that holds an entire structure up), or an organization that has no central authority figure. Bitcoin is an example of a decentralized system.

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The monetary domination of gas, involving Ether

PFP

It means both 'profile pic' and 'picture for proof'.

SHA-256

Abbreviation of "Secure Hashing Algoritm - 256", SHA-256 is part of the SHA2 that allows one-way hashing of any data into a 64 character string.