Crypto Security Glossary

Token Address

The exact on-chain contract address for a token.

Contract Verification

Checking whether contract code is published and matches the deployed bytecode.

Token Approval

Permission for another contract to spend your tokens.

Liquidity Pool

The on-chain pool that enables token swaps.

Scam Token

A token designed to deceive, trap, or extract value from traders.

Trading Volume

The value traded over a given time window.

Dead Token

A token with little or no remaining market activity.

Revived Token

A token that showed life again after being considered inactive.

Honeypot

Token can be bought but is hard to sell.

Rug Pull

Team removes liquidity or disappears.

Liquidity Lock

LP tokens are locked for a period.

FDV

Fully Diluted Valuation.

Market Cap

Price x circulating supply.

Blacklist Function

Owner can block wallets.

Mint Function

New tokens can be created.

Owner Renounced

Owner rights were given up.

Sell Tax

Fee charged when selling.

Buy Tax

Fee charged when buying.

Whale Concentration

Too much supply held by a few wallets.

Slippage

Difference between expected and executed price.

MEV

Miner/Validator Extractable Value.

Sandwich Attack

Bot trades before and after you.

LP Token

Proof of provided liquidity.

Burned Liquidity

LP tokens were removed permanently.

Proxy Contract

Upgradeable contract architecture.

Multisig

Multiple signatures for critical actions.

Token Unlock

Release of previously locked tokens.

Airdrop Farming

Activity driven mainly by rewards.

Contract Audit

External security review of code.

DEX Pair Age

Age of the trading pair.

Wash Trading

Artificial volume without real demand.

Circuit Breaker

Emergency mechanism in contract.

Risk Score

Heuristic risk estimate.