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ICO

Acronym - Initial Coin Offering

A crowdfunding method used by projects or companies to raise capital by selling coins or tokens. Regulatory agencies have increased scrutiny of ICOs, partly in response to the proliferation of fraud, as well as issues with compliance with securities laws.

See also: #Coin, #DeFi

IDO

Acronym - Initial DEX Offering

A crowdfunding method used by projects or companies to raise capital by selling coins or tokens through decentralized exchanges utilizing liquidity pools and smart contracts. By introducing these tools, IDOs are an attempt to provide a safer investor option than ICOs.

See also: #Decentralized Exchange, #DeFi, #ICO, #IEO

IEO

Acronym - Initial Exchange Offering

A crowdfunding method used by projects or companies to raise capital by selling coins or tokens through cryptocurrency exchanges, which act as intermediaries between projects and investors.

See also: #Exchange, #DeFi, #ICO, #IDO

Immutability

The state or quality of remaining the same over time, unchangeable, incapable of alteration or modification.

Internal Transaction

Transactions on the Ethereum network between smart contracts, or transactions from a smart contract to an externally owned address (EOA).

See also: #Ethereum, #Etherscan, #NFT Marketplace, #Smart Contract, #Transaction, #EOA Transaction

InterPlanetary File System

See #IPFS

IP

Acronym - Intellectual Property

IPFS

Acronym - InterPlanetary File System

An open-source protocol and network designed to provide a decentralized file storage and referencing system, enabling the storing and sharing of hypermedia in a distributed manner.

https://docs.ipfs.tech/