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On-chain Glossary

This page provides a quick reference glossary for many terms that are utilised in on-chain analysis.

Terminology
Synonyms
Description

Unspent Transaction Output (UTXO)

Coin, Transaction Output

The accounting system at the protocol layer for blockchains like Bitcoin and Litecoin. All unspent units of the native currency are stored a list of UTXOs owned/held by user wallets/private keys.

Analogy: A UTXO is somewhat equivalent to a dollar bill (e.g. $5, $10, $50 etc) although may be of any denomination of the native blockchain currency.

Spent Output

Coin moved, UTXO destruction

A UTXO destroyed by the owner by broadcasting a spending transaction to the network which is subsequently confirmed by miners/validators.

Unspent Output

Unspent coin, UTXO creation

A UTXO created and held in the owner's wallet.

Change

Change-adjusted

A UTXO that is determined by Glassnode heuristics to be the left-over change that is returned to a users wallet after a payment to another destination is made.

Address

Public Key

A public key which represents the source or destination of a blockchain payment.

Wallet

Private Key

A private key that owns all coins associated with the addresses derived from the public-private key-pair. A single wallet may own multiple addresses.

Entity

On-chain entity, Unique entity

An entity is a collection of addresses or wallets that Glassnode heuristics and labelling has determined are owned by the same unique owner. For example, a cluster of user deposit addresses maybe owned by a single exchange which would be then be defined as a unique entity.

Balance

-

Total sum of value held by a single address, entity or wallet.

Supply

-

The sum of native coin units within the specified grouping (e.g. circulating supply, supply held by wallets > 1k etc).

Value

UTXO value, Coin volume

The value held in a UTXO, account or wallet denominated in the native currency (i.e. BTC, ETH etc).

Lifespan

Age

For UTXO based chains: The accumulated time between the creation and destruction of a UTXO.

For account based chains: The time since a coin was last moved.

Coin-days

CDD

The unit of Lifespan (value x time)

Dormant

Remains unspent

A descriptor indicating that a coin/UTXO has not been spent and thus is currently accumulating lifespan.

Realized

Realised value

The difference in fiat denominated value between the time when a coin was last moved (UTXO creation), and at the time when a coin is spent (UTXO destroyed).

Unrealized

Unrealized value

The difference in fiat denominated value between the time when a coin was last moved (UTXO creation), and at current price indicative of the profit/loss that would be realized if the coin were to be spent.

Short-Term Holder

STH

A cohort of on-chain entities associated with own coins that have a lifespan less than 155-days. These coins are statistically more likely to be spent.

Long-Term Holder

LTH

A cohort of on-chain entities associated with own coins that have a lifespan more than 155-days. These coins are statistically less likely to be spent.

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