Investment & trading encyclopedia

Understand investment products, market mechanics, indicators and research terminology. Each entry includes an explanation, example, cautions and related learning.

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Digital assetsBeginner

Bitcoin

Bitcoin is a digital asset and payment network that runs on its own public blockchain without a central issuer. Software rules enforced by network participants cap its supply at 21 million coins.

Digital assetsBeginner

Blockchain

A blockchain is a shared ledger that records transactions in linked blocks copied across many computers. Each block contains a cryptographic fingerprint of the one before it, so changing old records is detectable.