Cryptionary

Testnet

1. development

An identical copy of a blockchain using worthless coins/tokens for the purpose of development and testing. Testnet coins are are kept worthless by allowing everyone to create them at will.

2. information

Testnets can, and should be used during blockchain development, and for building applications interacting with the blockchain. Mistakes in the testnet causing loss of funds don't impact anyone, so code can be debugged here with confidence.

* All terms and definitions may update as the Cryptionary improves.

All terms

Orphan Premining Privacy Coins Private Key Proof of Stake Proof of Work Public Key Pump and Dump Rekt Replace By Fee Satoshi Nakamoto Satoshis Schnorr Signatures SegWit SHA-256 Shill Shitcoin Simple Ledger Protocol Simplified Payment Verification Stop Limit Order Testnet Token Total Supply Transactions Per Second Transaction Transaction Fee Two Factor Authentication UTXO Volume Wallet Whale Zero Confirmation