Welcome to our Bitcoin Glossary, your go-to guide for understanding the key terms, tools, and technologies shaping the world of cryptocurrency in 2025. Whether you’re a beginner learning what a “wallet” is, or an advanced trader exploring concepts like “hash rate” and “layer-2 scaling,” this glossary is designed to give you clear, reliable explanations at every level. Each entry includes easy-to-understand definitions, practical insights, and SEO-optimized keywords to help you deepen your knowledge and stay ahead in the fast-moving Bitcoin ecosystem. Bookmark this page and use it as your personal reference whenever you need to cut through the jargon and make sense of the crypto space.
- 51% Attack
- Address
- Altcoin
- Alt Season
- ATH (All-Time High)
- Atomic Swap
- Bear Market
- Bitcoin (BTC)
- Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP)
- Block
- Blockchain
- Block Reward
- Block Time
- Bridges
- Bull Market
- CBDC
- CEX
- Cold Wallet
- Colored Coins
- Confirmation
- Consensus Mechanism
- Cross-Chain Interoperability
- Cryptographic Hash Function
- Custodial Wallet
- DAO
- DeFi
- Derivatives
- DEX
- Difficulty Adjustment
- Double Spending
- Drivechain
- Dust
- Dusting Attack
- Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC)
- Energy FUD
- ETF
- Exchange
- Fiat
- FOMO
- Fork
- FUD
- Gas Fees
- Genesis Block
- Halving
- Hard Cap
- Hash Collision
- Hash Rate
- HODL
- Hot Wallet
- Hyperbitcoinization
- KYC
- Layer-2 Solutions
- Ledger
- Lightning Network
- Liquidity
- Liquidity Pool
- Market Cap
- Market Maker
- Mempool
- Merkle Tree
- Miner Extractable Value (MEV)
- Mining
- Multi-Sig Wallet
- NFT
- Node
- Nonce
- Non-Custodial Wallet
- Off-Chain Transaction
- On-Chain Transaction
- OP Codes
- Oracles
- Private Key
- Proof of Work (PoW)
- Pruning
- Public Key
- Pump and Dump
- Replay Attack
- Satoshi Nakamoto
- Satoshi (SAT)
- Schnorr Signatures
- Seed Phrase
- SegWit
- Sharding
- Sidechain
- Smart Contract
- SPV
- Stablecoin
- Staking
- State Channel
- Supply Shock
- Taproot
- Time-Locked Transaction
- Tokenomics
- UTXO
- Wallet
- Watchtower
- Whale
- Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC)
- Yield Farming
- Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP)
This Bitcoin Glossary is updated regularly to reflect the latest trends, tools, and innovations in crypto. Use it as a quick reference to stay informed and confident in your Bitcoin journey.