The latest articles on DEV Community by Damilola Oyewumi (@makazadok). https://dev.to/makazadok https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F752054%2F8234743d-e2eb-4bd8-9b6e-0336c3edfed6.jpeg https://dev.to/makazadok en Damilola Oyewumi Mon, 15 Nov 2021 13:37:27 +0000 https://dev.to/makazadok/crypto-jargons-42i6 https://dev.to/makazadok/crypto-jargons-42i6 <p>FOMO- Fear of Missing out.</p> <p>Shill- Someone purposely promoting something for their own benefit.</p> <p>FUD- Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt.</p> <p>HODL- Hold on to your dear life (or "hold your coins").</p> <p>REKT- To suffer losses from coins that have dropped in value.</p> <p>Mooning- When a cryptocurrency is about to soar in both price and volume.</p> <p>Whale- An investor who owns 5% or at ton of attention leads to a coin's price increase; dump happens when the coin's price crashes after an associated spread of negative emotions.</p> <p>Bag holder- Some holding unto a coin that has plummeted in price.</p> <p>Sats- Short for Satoshis, the smallest unit of Bitcoin.</p> <p>When Lambo? means "When are we going to get reach?"</p> <p>Floppening- This is the instance where Ethereum would overtake Bitcoin's market cap and become the number one cryptocurrency (in progress)</p> <p>No Coiner- A reference to people who don't own any bitcoin.</p> <p>Vapourware- Coins that never become a reality.</p> <p>Cryptosis- A desire to engulf every bit of information about cryptocurrency.</p> <p>NGMI- Not gonna make it.</p> <p>WAGMI- We're all gonna make it.</p> blockchain beginners cryptocurrency trading