REFERENCE
Terms without the jargon
Quick definitions for language used across public-wallet research and Solana markets.
- Bonding curve
- A pricing mechanism where token price changes according to supply bought or sold.
- Liquidity
- Assets available in a pool for buyers and sellers. Low liquidity usually means greater price impact.
- Mint authority
- Permission that may allow additional token supply to be created.
- Freeze authority
- Permission that may allow token accounts to be frozen.
- Slippage
- The difference between an expected price and the price received when a transaction executes.
- Priority fee
- An additional network fee used to improve a transaction's processing priority.
- Price impact
- The amount an order itself changes the market price because of its size relative to liquidity.
- Public wallet
- A blockchain address whose transaction history can be viewed by anyone. It does not reveal a private key.
- Rug pull
- A scheme where insiders remove liquidity or otherwise make it difficult for holders to exit.
- Take profit
- A predefined level where a position is closed after a favorable move.
- Stop loss
- A predefined level intended to limit a loss by closing a position.
- Wallet concentration
- The share of token supply controlled by the largest addresses.