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Halving

Event that serves to reduce in half the reward of the Proof-of-Work miners that operate in the blockchain network.

Hard cap

The maximum amount that an ICO will be raising.

Hard Fork

It is a permanent divergence of a blockchain into two blockhains. The original blockchain does not recognize the new version.

Hash

A hash function is an output code (unique and alphanumeric) that we obtain from an input string,

Hashgraph

Hashgraph is a distributed ledger system that has been compared to the blockchain idea as a continuation or successor.

Hashrate

Total processing power of a blockchain or what is the same, are the amount of hash values that can be made in a period of time.

Hey Hey Hey

A term made popular by Carlos Matos who was the spokesperson for the Bitconnect Ponzi. He used it frequently during Bitconnect events to rile up the crowd.

HODL

A crypto slang of saying holding the assets rather than selling it. A crypto slang encouraging investors to hold on to their assets rather than selling it.

Hot Wallet

It is a tool that store your cryptocurrencies and always connected to internet

Hybrid PoW/PoS

It is the allowance for both Proof-of-Stake and Proof-of-Work distribution consensus to work on the same network.

Hyperledger (Hyperledger Foundation)

Hyperledger is an open source collaborative effort to create blockchain technologies hosted by The Linux Foundation since 2016.