Glossary
Pair

See Trading Pair.

Price

The value of each unit of cryptocurrency, measured in U.S. dollars.

Price

The most recent price of a security.

Price Change

The percentage change in price over the last 24 hours.

Proof of work

Proof of work (PoW) is system that uses hard-to-compute but easy-to-verify functions to limit exploitation of cryptocurrency mining. This ensures that transactions can be conducted safely using the coin.

Proof-of-Work Coins

A coin that uses the Proof of Work system. See Proof of Work.

Public Ledger

A computerized database system that maintains participants’ identities in a secure and (pseudo)anonymous form, including their respective cryptocurrency balances and a record of all transactions executed among network participants.

Weiss Ratings