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Glossary Journalism & Media

Byline

The line naming who wrote a piece. It signals responsibility for the reporting as much as authorship of the words.

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Tokenisation

Issuing a blockchain token that represents a claim on something off-chain, such as a bond, a…

Deflation

A sustained fall in the general price level. It sounds welcome but tends to delay spending…

Mining

Competing to add the next block to a proof-of-work blockchain by burning computing power on a…

Proof of stake

A method of securing a blockchain in which validators lock up coins as collateral instead of…

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