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Glossary
- Cold Storage
- Keeping wallet keys completely offline so they cannot be reached by online attackers.
- Decentralisation
- Spreading control across many independent participants so no single party is in charge.
- Fair Launch
- A coin release with no pre-mine, no insider allocation, and equal access for everyone from day one.
- Node
- A computer running the Malairte software that helps keep the network honest.
- Peer-to-Peer
- A network where computers connect directly to each other, with no central middleman.
- Private key
- A long random secret that proves ownership of an MLRT address.
- Proof of Work
- The system where computers solve puzzles to add blocks and earn coins, securing the network.
- Recovery Phrase
- A list of 12 or 24 ordinary words that acts as the master key to your wallet.
- Wallet Address
- The public string of letters and numbers people use to send Malairte to you.