Exchange Traded Fund (ETF)
By CoinGecko | Updated on Mar 03, 2020
An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a form of security that tracks a collection of securites such as stocks, bonds, index or cryptocurrency but tradeable like a single stock. In many ways, it is similar to mutual funds except they are usually listed on exchanges and ETF shares are tradeable very much like regular stocks.
Related Terms
Node
Within the blockchain network, the nodes are computers that connect to the network and have an updated copy of the blockchain
Offline Staking
Staking without needing to be connected to the blockchain
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.
Block Confirmation
Refers to the number of confirmation a particular block has. Each block ahead of the referenced block adds one block confirmation to it.
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