Glossary

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Account

Account

(in Ethereum) an entity with an ether (ETH) balance that can send transactions on Ethereum; it can be user-controlled or deployed as a smart contract

Altcoins

Altcoins

a group of cryptocurrencies alternative to (and in most cases based on) Bitcoin

Anti-Money Laundering

Anti-Money Laundering

(AML) the laws, regulations and procedures intended to prevent criminals from disguising illegally obtained funds as legitimate income

Attribution

Attribution

ascribing clusters to known entities based on off-chain data and transaction information

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Bech32 address

Bech32 address

a bitcoin payment address format which starts with “bc1” and contains up to 90 characters (more often about 42); also known as the “Native SegWit” address because it interacts directly with the segregated witness protocol

Bitcoin

Bitcoin

the name of the network (capitalized), the currency unit (the coin; lowercase), and the software; ticker symbol: BTC