Glossary
Basic terms and concepts of crypto and Aurus.
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Abenomics
Abenomics is a set of economic policies implemented by Japan under the administration of Prime Minister Shinz Abe, which rescued the country from its deflationary slump.
Abnormal Return
Abnormal return refers to investment returns that are excessively high or low. In such instances, the performance of the investment or funds deviates from the normal and expected rate of return.
Absolute Advantage
Absolute advantage is a concept in economics that describes a situation in which one firm is able to produce and distribute the same items as another company while using fewer resources.
Absolute Return
The return on an investment calculated over a predetermined amount of time is called absolute return. It is a measurement of the overall worth of an asset that has increased or decreased and is expressed as a percentage.
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Bag
In the first definition, there is no generally agreed-upon threshold at which someone's crypto holding becomes a bag, but it is generally considered to refer to a higher-than-average quantity of that coin.
Bagholder
There are several potential reasons for this. The most simple is that the investor believes the potential long-term gain will outweigh any immediate losses. Alternatively, they may be laboring under the sunk cost fallacy.
Bakers
Baking is the process that Tezos uses in order to append new blocks of transactions to its blockchain. This is a delegated-proof-of-stake system, where bakers receive rewards for each block that is baked, in a similar sense as to how Bitcoin miners end up getting rewarded for discovering new blocks.
Baking
Baking is a process that is used by Tezos in order to append new blocks of transactions onto its blockchain. This is a delegated-proof-of-stake system, where bakers receive rewards for each block that is baked.
