# Quick Glossary

* **Address**: Your on-chain “account number.”
* **Airdrop**: Free tokens distributed to users.
* **Allocation**: Amount you can buy in a sale.
* **Allowance/Approval**: Permission for a contract to move your tokens.
* **Bridge**: Tool to move assets across chains.
* **Claim**: Action to receive vested tokens.
* **Cold** **wallet**: Offline wallet (e.g., hardware).
* **Consensus**: How nodes agree on the chain.
* **DEX**: Decentralized exchange (smart-contract swaps).
* **EVM**: Ethereum-compatible execution environment.
* **Gas**: Fee to run a transaction.
* **Governance** **token**: Token used for voting.
* **Hardware** **wallet**: Device that stores keys offline.
* **Hot** **wallet**: Internet-connected wallet.
* **KYC/AML**: Identity checks and anti-abuse rules.
* **L1/L2**: Base network / scaling network.
* **Liquidity**: Ease of buying/selling an asset.
* **MiCA**: EU rules for crypto-asset offers.
* **NFT**: Unique token for ownership or access.
* **Non-custodial**: You control the keys.
* **Private** **key**: Secret that controls the wallet.
* **Public** **key/address**: Shareable destination for funds.
* **Rug** **pull**: Team drains value and exits.
* **Seed** **phrase**: 12–24 words to back up a wallet.
* **Soft/Hard** **cap**: Raise minimum/maximum.
* **Stablecoin**: Token pegged to a fiat currency.
* **TGE**: First distribution of a token.
* **Tokenomics**: How a token is designed and distributed.
* **Vesting/Cliff**: Timed release of tokens / initial lock period.

### Key takeaways

* Keep this page open when learning.
* Revisit definitions before you transact.
* If unsure, stop and verify.


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