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ICO

An acronym that stands for initial coin offering. An ICO is the cryptocurrency equivalent of an initial public offering (IPO). It offers investors the opportunity to back a new crypto project

IEO

Initial Exchange Offering (IEO) is a spin-off of Initial Coin Offering (ICO), where the sale of tokens are conducted on an exchange rather than by the coin team themselves.

Immutable

A property characterized by inability to be change and stays unchanged over time.

Impermanent Loss

Temporary loss of funds due to volatility leading to divergence in price between token pairs provided by liquidity providers.

Initial Coin Offering (ICO)

Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is the equivalent of Initial Public Offering (IPO), where a company/cryptocurrency venture raises funds through crowd sales.

Internet of Things (IoT)

It is a system that lets any devices that are connected to internet to comunicate with each other without human-to-human or human-to-devices interactions.

Interoperability

Interoperability refers to the property of product/systems that are able to work with products/systems that are different without any restrictions.

InterPlanetary File System (IPFS)

The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) is a peer-to-peer network and distributed file system protocol for storing and transferring data.

IPO

Initial Public Offering (IPO) refers to the process where a public company offers newly issued shares to the public and as a result raise capital from public investors.

IYKYK

Abbreviation for: if you know you know. The phrase implies that the user has dropped some sort of insider knowledge about a specific experience. Often, the post will have some callback to a particular experience that will instantly stand out to those who are “in the know,” or ironically sharing commonly known information.