Glossary of Terms

Inflating the hype is the artificial stoking of interest around a crypto project or token through intrusive advertising and exaggerated promises, which often accompanies dubious and fraudulent schemes.

A riser is an extension adapter that connects a graphics card to the motherboard and allows several cards to be conveniently placed in a mining rig.

Early birds are the first participants or investors in a project who join at the very start and usually receive tokens at a more favorable price or with additional bonuses.

A refund is the return of invested funds to participants, which may occur when a project closes ahead of schedule or, in some cases, after a fraudulent scheme has been exposed.

A referral link is a personal sign-up link for a project, tied to a specific participant who receives a reward for the users brought in through it.

A referrer is a participant in a referral or affiliate program who attracts new users through their link and receives a reward for their activity in the project.

A referral is a user who has signed up to a project, an exchange, or an affiliate program at the invitation of another participant. The inviter often receives a reward for such sign-ups.

Pump and dump is a manipulative scheme in which an asset's price is first artificially inflated and then sharply dropped. The organizers take profit at the expense of the buyers they attracted.

An affiliate program is a system of rewards for attracting new users. The affiliate receives a bonus for the actions of the referrals they bring in, for example for registration or trades.

Pending is the status of a payment or transaction that has been sent but not yet confirmed by the network or the payment system. The funds are, as it were, stuck in an intermediate state and awaiting a final decision.