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Glossary Definitions
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General

Coin

Usually refers to the native crypto currency of a separate chain. Bitcoin's coin is called Bitcoin, Ethereum's coin is called Ether.

Token

Defined on an underlying blockchain. Is protected and managed by the underlying chain's mining or other consensus protocol.

ERC20

The original proposal that defined the basis for token contracts defined on the Ethereum blockchain. Technically now approved as EIP-20.

EIP

Ethereum Improvement Proposal. Process hosted on Github where the community can submit proposals for improvement.

BIP

Bitcoin Improvement Proposal

GDPR

The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation that is coming in to effect in 2018

Canada

Canadian-specific terms and organizations.

BCSC

British Columbia Securities Commission

OSC

Ontario Securities Commission