Crypto History — Web3 Glossary

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• Abacus Market — Abacus Market was a darknet marketplace that dominated Western darknet commerce through 2024 and...
• Africrypt — Africrypt was a cryptocurrency exchange platform based in South Africa, founded by brothers Ameer...
• Alex Mashinsky — Alex Mashinsky is a Ukrainian-born entrepreneur who founded Celsius Network, a cryptocurrency...
• AlphaBay — AlphaBay was, in its original incarnation, the largest English-language darknet marketplace prior...
• Anyswap — Anyswap is a decentralized cross-chain swap protocol that enables seamless asset transfers and...
• Archetyp Market — Archetyp Market was one of the largest darknet marketplaces before its takedown by Europol in June...
• Arthur Hayes — Arthur Hayes is a prominent cryptocurrency trader and entrepreneur who founded BitMEX in 2014, a...
• Auto-Shop (Darknet) — An auto-shop is a type of darknet marketplace that operates as a fully automated digital goods...
• Beeple's Everydays — Beeple's Everydays is a landmark digital artwork collection created by artist Mike Winkelmann,...
• BidenCash — BidenCash was a Tor and clearnet auto-shop marketplace operating from March 2022 until its seizure...
• Binance Hack — The Binance Hack, occurring in October 2022, targeted the BSC Token Hub, a cross-chain bridge...
• Bitcoin Genesis Block — The Bitcoin Genesis Block, designated as Block 0, represents the first block of the Bitcoin...
• Bitcoin Halving — Bitcoin halving is a pre-programmed event that occurs approximately every four years, or after...
• Bitcoin Halving Events — Bitcoin halving events occur approximately every four years (every 210,000 blocks) and permanently...
• Bitcoin Pizza — The Bitcoin Pizza refers to the famous first known commercial transaction using Bitcoin, which...
• Bitcoin Pizza Day — Bitcoin Pizza Day commemorates May 22, 2010, when programmer Laszlo Hanyecz made the first...
• Bitcoin Spot ETF Approval — On January 10, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved eleven spot Bitcoin...
• Bitcoin Whitepaper — The Bitcoin Whitepaper, officially titled "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System," is the...
• Bitcoin XT — Bitcoin XT was one of the earliest and most significant hard forks of Bitcoin Core, proposed in...
• BitConnect — BitConnect was a cryptocurrency lending and trading platform that operated from 2016 to 2018,...
• Blender.io / Sinbad.io — Blender.io, also known as Sinbad.io, was a prominent cryptocurrency mixing service that became one...
• Blockchain 1.0 — Blockchain 1.0 refers to the first generation of blockchain technology, primarily exemplified by...
• Bohemia Market — Bohemia Market, also operated as Cannabia, was a Tor-based English-language darknet marketplace...
• Brian's Club — Brian's Club (commonly written BriansClub) is a Tor-based auto-shop specialising in the sale of...
• Bybit Hack — The Bybit Hack refers to a major security breach affecting the Bybit cryptocurrency exchange that...
• Byzantium Fork — The Byzantium fork was a major hard fork of the Ethereum network executed on October 16, 2017,...
• Casper — Casper is a research project that developed the Proof of Stake consensus mechanism adopted by...
• Celsius Network Collapse — Celsius Network was a cryptocurrency lending platform that filed for bankruptcy in July 2022,...
• Constantinople Fork — The Constantinople Fork was a significant hard fork of the Ethereum network executed on February...
• Conti — Conti was a prolific Russian-linked ransomware gang that operated as a dominant RaaS platform from...
• Cryptopia Exchange Hack — The Cryptopia Exchange Hack occurred in January 2019 when the New Zealand-based cryptocurrency...
• CryptoPunks — CryptoPunks is an Ethereum-based NFT project created by Larva Labs in June 2017 featuring 10,000...
• Dead Drop (Darknet) — A dead drop in the context of darknet markets refers to a physical delivery method where a vendor...
• DeFi Summer — The summer of 2020, which saw an explosion of interest and activity in the Decentralized Finance...
• Dharma Protocol — Dharma Protocol was an early decentralized finance platform that pioneered tokenized debt...
• Difficulty Bomb — A difficulty bomb is a mechanism programmed into the Ethereum protocol that exponentially increases...
• DMM Bitcoin Hack — The DMM Bitcoin Hack occurred on May 31, 2024, targeting the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange DMM...
• Do Kwon — Do Kwon is a South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur who founded Terraform Labs and created the...
• Dread Forum — Dread is a Tor-based online forum and discussion platform that functions as the primary community...
• Ethereum 1.x — Ethereum 1.x represents a series of incremental upgrades and maintenance improvements to the...
• Ethereum 2.0 — Ethereum 2.0 was the original umbrella term for a comprehensive set of upgrades transforming...
• Ethereum Deposit Contract — The Ethereum Deposit Contract is a smart contract deployed on the Ethereum mainnet that serves as...
• Ethereum Launch — Ethereum officially launched on July 30, 2015, with the mining of its genesis block, establishing...
• Ethereum Proof of Stake Transition — The Merge, executed on September 15, 2022, represented Ethereum's transition from proof-of-work...
• Finalize Early (FE) — Finalize Early, abbreviated FE, is a darknet market transaction option that allows a buyer to...
• First Bitcoin Transaction — The first Bitcoin transaction between two distinct users occurred on January 12, 2009, when Satoshi...
• First NFT Creation — On May 3, 2014, artist Kevin McCoy minted 'Quantum,' a pixelated animated gif, onto the Namecoin...
• Fork — A change to a blockchain protocol's rules that results in either a temporary divergence in the...
• FTX — FTX was a cryptocurrency exchange and derivatives trading platform founded by Sam Bankman-Fried and...
• FTX Collapse — The sudden and dramatic collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange in November 2022. Once one of...
• Hydra Market — Hydra Market was the largest darknet marketplace by transaction volume, operating on the Tor...
• I2P (Invisible Internet Project) — The Invisible Internet Project, commonly known as I2P, is an anonymous overlay network and...
• Ice Age — The Ice Age, also called the difficulty bomb, is a mechanism built into Ethereum's protocol that...
• ICO Boom — The period during 2017 and early 2018 characterized by a massive speculative bubble in Initial Coin...
• Incognito Market — Incognito Market was a Tor-based darknet narcotics marketplace operated from October 2020 until its...
• Initial Access Broker (IAB) — An Initial Access Broker is a cybercriminal specialist who infiltrates target networks, establishes...
• Jack Dorsey's First Tweet — Jack Dorsey's first tweet, posted on March 21, 2006, reading "just setting up my twttr," represents...
• Kelp DAO Exploit — The Kelp DAO exploit of April 18, 2026 is the largest DeFi hack of 2026, with an attacker draining...
• Kingdom Market — Kingdom Market was a Tor-based English-language darknet marketplace seized on December 16, 2023 in...
• Kraken DNM — Kraken DNM is the largest Russian-language darknet marketplace as of mid-2026 and is unrelated to...
• Mt. Gox Collapse — Mt. Gox was the world's largest Bitcoin exchange in 2013, handling approximately 70% of global...
• Mt. Gox Hack — The Mt. Gox hack was a catastrophic security breach of the world's largest Bitcoin exchange at the...
• Multisig Escrow — Multisig escrow — short for multi-signature escrow — is a cryptocurrency transaction structure used...
• NFT Mania — The period in 2021 when Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) entered the mainstream consciousness, marked by...
• Nick Szabo — Nick Szabo is a pioneering computer scientist and cryptographer whose theoretical and practical...
• Nova Market — Nova Market is a Russian-language darknet marketplace operating on the Tor network, consistently...
• Nyan Cat — Nyan Cat is an iconic internet meme originating from 2011, featuring an animated cat with a human...
• OMG!OMG! Market — OMG!OMG! is one of the largest Russian-language darknet marketplaces and a primary successor to...
• OneCoin — OneCoin was one of history's largest cryptocurrency Ponzi schemes, operating from 2014 to 2019...
• PlusToken — PlusToken was a cryptocurrency investment scheme that operated primarily between 2018 and 2019,...
• Poly Network Hack — The Poly Network Hack was a major cross-chain bridge exploit that occurred in August 2021,...
• Pre-Bitcoin Digital Currencies — Pre-Bitcoin digital currencies encompass the conceptual frameworks and technological innovations...
• Rare Sats — Rare Sats are individual satoshis (the smallest unit of Bitcoin, equal to one hundred-millionth of...
• Resolv Labs Hack — The Resolv Labs hack was an $80 million exploit executed on March 22, 2026 against the USR...
• REvil (Sodinokibi) — REvil, also known as Sodinokibi, was an infamous Russian-linked ransomware operation notorious for...
• Roger Ver — Roger Ver is an early Bitcoin advocate and entrepreneur historically known as "Bitcoin Jesus" for...
• Ronin Network Hack — The March 2022 security breach of the Ronin Network, a sidechain built for the NFT game Axie...
• Ross Ulbricht Pardon — The Ross Ulbricht pardon refers to the commutation of sentence issued by US President Donald Trump...
• Ruja Ignatova (Cryptoqueen) — Ruja Ignatova is a Bulgarian-born businesswoman infamous for orchestrating OneCoin, one of...
• Russian Market — Russian Market is the dominant global marketplace for infostealer logs and corporate-credential...
• Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) — Sam Bankman-Fried was the founder and former CEO of FTX, a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange that...
• Satoshi Nakamoto — Satoshi Nakamoto is the pseudonymous creator or creator collective responsible for developing...
• Serenity (Ethereum) — Serenity was the original development codename for Ethereum's major upgrade roadmap, which...
• Silk Road Seizure — The shutdown of the Silk Road, an infamous darknet marketplace, by the FBI in 2013. The platform...
• Spurious Dragon (Ethereum) — Spurious Dragon was a critical hard fork executed on Ethereum in November 2016 that addressed...
• STYX Market — STYX Market is a dark web marketplace that emerged prominently in 2023 and remained active through...
• Tangerine Whistle — Tangerine Whistle was a critical hard fork of the Ethereum network executed in October 2016 at...
• Terminal of Truths (ToT) — Terminal of Truths is an autonomous AI agent created by Andy Ayrey that operates independently on...
• Terra LUNA Collapse — The Terra LUNA collapse in May 2022 represented one of cryptocurrency's most catastrophic failures,...
• The DAO Hack — A pivotal event in 2016 where an attacker exploited a vulnerability in 'The DAO,' an early...
• The DAO Hack and Ethereum Fork — The DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) was a complex smart contract deployed on Ethereum...
• The Merge (Ethereum) — The Merge was Ethereum's historic protocol upgrade completed on September 15, 2022, which...
• TorZon Market — TorZon Market is a darknet marketplace operating on the Tor network that emerged in 2022 and rose...
• Vendor Bond — A vendor bond is a refundable or non-refundable deposit of cryptocurrency that darknet market...
• WazirX Compromise — The WazirX Compromise occurred on July 18, 2024, when India's leading cryptocurrency exchange...
• WeTheNorth Market — WeTheNorth (WTN) is a Canadian-focused darknet marketplace that operates on the Tor network and has...