Glossary

Trezor Wiki/ Glossary

Glossary is a dictionary of cryptocurrency and Trezor related terms.

Cryptocurrencies

Common terms

• Cryptocurrency
• Coin
  • Alternative cryptocurrency
• Altcoin
  • Token
    • Native token
    • User token

• Fork
  • Soft fork
  • Hard fork
  • Coin split

• Wallet
  • Software wallet
    • Desktop wallet
    • Web wallet
    • Mobile wallet
  • Hot wallet
  • Cold wallet
  • Paper wallet
  • Hierarchical deterministic wallet
  • Non-deterministic wallet
  • Client wallet
  • Light wallet (SPV)
  • Full node wallet
  • Hardware wallet
  • Hardware wallet interface

• Account
  • Standard account
  • Legacy account
  • Account public key (XPUB)
  • Account private key (XPRIV)

• Address
  • Fresh address
  • Private key
  • Change address
  • Address path (BIP32)
  • QR code

• Transaction
  • Transaction fee
  • Unconfirmed transaction
  • Confirmed transaction
  • Confirmation time

• • Transaction ID
  • Transaction signature
  • Transaction input
  • Transaction output

• Blockchain
  • Block
  • Block height
  • Blockchain explorer
  • Decentralized network
    • Node

• Mining
  • Difficulty
  • Hash rate
  • Mempool

• ICO
  • Crowdsale

• Cryptography
• Public-key cryptography
• Elliptic-curve cryptography

Types

Bitcoin-like

• Bitcoin (BTC)
• Bitcoin Cash (BCH)
• Bitcoin Gold (BTG)
• Dash (DASH)
• Litecoin (LTC)
• Namecoin (NMC)
• Zcash (ZEC)

Ethereum-like

• Ethereum (ETH)
• Ethereum Classic (ETC)
• ERC20 tokens

Others

• NEM (XEM)
• Expanse (EXP)
• UBIQ (UBQ)
• DigiByte (DGB)
• Monacoin (MONA)
• Ripple (XRP)
• Stellar (XLM)
• Cardano (ADA)
• Monero (XMR)
• Groestlcoin (GRS)
• Fujicoin (FJC)
• Vertcoin (VTC)
• Zcoin (XZC)
• Dogecoin (DOGE)
• Decred (DCR)
• Lisk (LSK)
• Wanchain (WAN)
• Viacoin (VIA)

Risks & dangers

• Address reuse
• Address replacement

Cryptocurrency services

• Cryptocurrency bank
• Buying and selling
• Exchange
• ATM

General technical terms

Security

Security tools

• Two-factor authentication
• Password manager

Open source

• Open-source software
• Open-source hardware

Security threats

• Phishing
• Malware

Trezor

Common device terms

• Trezor Wallet

Compatibility

• Supported cryptocurrencies
• Operating systems
• Windows
• macOS
• Linux
• Android
• iOS
• Windows Phone

Wallet components

• Recovery seed
• Passphrase

Protection and personalization

• PIN
• Name
• Homescreen

Hardware and software

Models

• Trezor One
• Trezor Model T

Hardware components

• • Board
    • Microcontroller
      • Processor
      • Storage
  • Screen
  • Buttons
  • Touchscreen
  • Connector
  • Chassis
  • Card slot

Software components

• • Boardloader
  • Bootloader
  • Firmware

Packaging

• Package
• Tamper-evident hologram
• Getting started guide
• Recovery seed card
• USB cable
• Lanyard
• Stickers
• Magnetic dock

Accessories

• Cryptosteel
• OTG cable
• MicroSD card

Trezor Wallet

Compatibility and communication

• Trezor Wallet

Compatibility

• Browsers
• Chrome
• Firefox

Device-to-browser communication

• Trezor Bridge
• WebUSB
• Trezor Chrome Extension
• Blockbook

Trezor Apps

• Trezor Password Manager
• Trezor Manager
• Trezor Connect
• 3rd party integrations

Trezor ecosystem

• Trezor Shop
• Trezor support
• Trezor Wiki
• Coinmap.org
• SatoshiLabs
• Community
• Events

Trezor development

Overview

• Issue reporting

Security and privacy

• Hardened and non-hardened derivation

Supported standards and elements

Repositories

• Bitcoin improvement proposals
• SatoshiLabs improvement proposals

Cryptocurrency standards

• Overview
• Standard derivation paths

Cryptocurrency elements

• P2PKH
• P2SH
• P2SH-multisig
• P2WPKH-in-P2SH
• P2WPKH
• P2WSH
• Version bytes
• Bech32
• Lightning network
• MultiSig
• SegWit
• Locktime
• Replace-by-fee (RBF)
• CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY
• OP_RETURN

Cryptography standards

• GPG
• SSH
• U2F

Cryptography elements

• SHA-256
• RIPEMD-160
• Secp256k1
• ECDSA
• AES
• ECIES
• NIST256P1
• Ed25519
• CoSi
• Base58Check

Firmware stuff

• Messages overview

Changelogs

• Firmware changelog
• Bootloader changelog
• Trezor Wallet changelog
• Trezor Core changelog