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An Initial DEX Offering (IDO) is a type of token sale conducted through a decentralized exchange (DEX).

An Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is a fundraising mechanism used by blockchain projects to raise capital by issuing new tokens to investors in exchange for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin or Ether.

A hot wallet is a cryptocurrency wallet connected to the internet, allowing users to send and receive crypto assets quickly. 

HODL is a term that originated from a misspelling of "hold" in a Bitcoin forum post in 2013.

Hashrate is the measure of the computational power used by a blockchain network to process transactions and secure the network, typically in Proof-of-Work (PoW) systems like Bitcoin and Ethereum (prior to The Merge). 

Gwei is a denomination of Ether (ETH), the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum network, and is used specifically for calculating gas fees.

A Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) is a specialized hardware component designed for rendering images and videos.

The Goerli Testnet is a public test network for Ethereum, where developers can test smart contracts, decentralized applications (dApps), and other blockchain functionalities without using real Ether (ETH). 

The Genesis Block refers to the very first block of data that is mined and added to a blockchain.

Gas fees are transaction costs paid by users to miners for processing transactions on a blockchain network. In Ethereum, for example, gas is measured in Gwei (a denomination of Ether), and the fee compensates miners for the computational resources required to validate and execute smart contracts or transactions.