Frequently Asked Questions
These questions are about the dictionary, not about one term: how the entries are built, what they promise, and where their limits are. Term-level questions have their own homes — the shelves and long reads.
Why two depths per term?
Because terms get used in two different moments. At the moment of the offer, you have seconds and need a sentence you can hold up against marketing — that is what the short definition is for. At the moment of the decision, you have an evening and need to know what the word implies for your money — that is what the long read is for. A dictionary that only has one of these two is either trivia or a textbook, and neither helps mid-deal.
Which claims can I actually verify?
Anything factual is checkable: confirmations per network, address formats, what a risk score attaches to, how a peg is maintained in principle. We either cite documentation or say so in the entry text. What you cannot verify is the future — fees move, rules move, interfaces move. That is why hedged phrasing appears where a number would be dishonest without a date attached.
Do entries ever change?
Words mean what markets make them mean. When usage shifts — “AML check” becoming a euphemism, “instant” changing its honest interval — the entry changes with it, and the guide dates are updated. An unedited glossary is a museum; this one is a working desk.