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Glossary

  • Coin: The native currency on the blockchain.
  • Token: Not the native currency on the blockchain. If the blockchain is “Ethereum”, then only “id”: “ETH” has the type “coin”. All the other currencies on the Ethereum network have the type “token”. Here is an example of USDC on the ethereum network.
    [
    	{
    		"id":"ETH",
    		"type": "coin",
    		"blockchain": "ethereum",
    		"chainId": 1
    	},
    	{
    		"id": "USDC",
    		"type": "token",
    		"blockchain": "ethereum",
    		"chainId": 1,
    		"contract": "0xa0b86991c6218b36c1d19d4a2e9eb0ce3606eb48"
    	}		
    ]
  • Account: The Ledger wallet address on a cryptocurrency network. A user can have several accounts on the same blockchain (several ethereum addresses for instance)
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