Elon Musk talks Crypto：Restaking

Rehypothecation

Rehypothecation is the practice where banks, and even the brokers themselves, use assets that have been posted as collateral by their clients for their own purposes.

Rehypothecation

Rehypothecation is a process where brokers use the assets collateralized by clients for their own benefit.

REKT

A shorthand slang for “wrecked,” describing a bad loss in a trade.

Relative Strength Index (RSI)

A form of technical analysis that serves as a momentum oscillator, measuring the speed and change of price movements.

Relay Chain

The Relay Chain is the central chain that is used by the Polkadot network.

Relay Nodes

Relay nodes help block-producing nodes communicate by guaranteeing that the authenticity of the core nodes and the blockchain is preserved, even if one or more relays are hacked.

Renewable Energy

Renewable energy is derived from solar, wind, and other ‘indefinite’ resources or operations that are renewed on a regular basis.

Repair Miners

Repair miners are a proposed type of mining node within the Filecoin network.

Replay Attack

Replay attacks are network security attacks where the comms between a sender and receiver is intercepted.

Replicated Ledger

A copy of a distributed ledger in a network that is distributed to all participants in a cryptocurrency network.

Replicated Security (RS)

Replicated Security (RS) is a new technology that lets a Cosmos blockchain share its economic security with another using the Inter-Blockchain Communication protocol (IBC).

Resistance (Line/Level)

The highest price level of an asset during a specific period.

Restaking

Restaking is a mechanism that allows validators on proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain networks to redeploy their staked cryptocurrency across other PoS-based chains.

Retargeting

A retargeting algorithm, also referred to as a difficulty adjustment algorithm, is used on proof-of-work blockchains, such as Bitcoin. 

Revenue Participation Tokens

Revenue participation tokens are a two token system that uses one participation token and one payout token.

Reverse ICO

In a reverse ICO, an already-established company raises funds by selling tokens to shift its structure to decentralization.

Reverse Indicator

A person whom you may use as an indicator of how not to place buy or sell orders because they are always wrong at predicting price movements of cryptocurrencies.

Ring CT (Confidential Transactions)

RingCT is how transaction amounts are hidden in Monero.

Ring Miners

Ring miners are network participants in the Loopring protocol who manage order rings and ensure trades are completed for all parties involved.

Ring Signature

A cryptographic digital signature that obfuscates the identities of two parties within a transaction.

Roadmap

A roadmap is a high-level visual summary that helps map out the vision as well as the direction of a specific product.

Roger Ver

Roger Ver, also known as Bitcoin Jesus, has been a long-term proponent of Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash.

ROI

Short for “Return on Investment,” the ratio between the net profit and cost of investing.