Satoshi
By CoinGecko | Updated on Mar 08, 2021
Owning its name to the name of the Bitcoin creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. A Satoshi is the smallest divisible fungible unit in the bitcoin protocol, meaning the smallest amount of bitcoin one can send is 1 satoshi, or 0.00000001 bitcoin.
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Pay-Per-Last N Shares (PPLNS)
PPLNS system only pays miners after the pool has discovered the block. This means you'll only be compensated once the block has been discovered.
Blockchain
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Merkle Tree
A Merkle tree is also known as a hash tree in cryptography. It is a tree where every lead node is labelled with cryptographic hash of a data block, and every non-leaf node is labelled with the hash of the labels of its child nodes. It is used to verify of data stored within it and transferable in and between computers.
Sell wall
Anomalously large sell order(s) at a single price point that reflects as a "wall" in the order book.
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