DYOR stands for "Do Your Own Research." It is a phrase commonly used in the cryptocurrency community as a reminder to individuals to conduct their own research and analysis before investing in a particular cryptocurrency or project. It is important for investors to understand the technology behind a project, its team members, its partnerships, and its overall potential before investing. DYOR helps investors to make informed decisions and to avoid being swayed by hype or FOMO (fear of missing out).
AML is the abbreviation for ‘anti-money laundering’. AML stands for policy and legislation on money laundering. This prevents illegally acquired funds from being converted into a legal variant. Within the crypto world, it is no longer unusual for AML techniques to be used by exchanges and wallets. This term is often used as AML/KYC, where KYC stands for ‘Know your customer’.
DAO is an abbreviation of ‘Decentralised Autonomous Organization’. This is basically an organisation that runs automatically on itself without any human interventions. The work is automatically excecuted through Smart contracts.
An airdrop is a way to distribute coins. End users can generally get coins for free or in exchange for a small task, such as subscribing to a newsletter, sending a tweet or inviting other people via a personal affiliate link.
Bounties are simple tasks of jobs by the team behind a coin. These can be as simple as joining a Telegram channel or by (re)tweeting. It could also be a bit more difficult like a translation job for example. The participants receive rewards in the form of coins in exchange for completing these bounties.
An altcoin is any cryptocurrency or token created after the Bitcoin was developed.
