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Glossary

Plain English.
No jargon for jargon's sake.

Every term we use across the academy, defined once, consistently, with the bias toward what actually matters.

Self-custody
You hold the keys yourself. No exchange, no third party.
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Self-custody means the private keys to your crypto live on a device you control. Not on Coinbase, not on Binance, not in a custodian's vault. The upside is sovereignty. The downside is the responsibility never leaves your hands.
Seed phrase
12 or 24 words that recreate every key in your wallet.
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A seed phrase is the master backup. Anyone who reads it can drain your wallet from anywhere on earth. Keep it offline, in two physical places, never in a photo, never in cloud storage.
Related: Self-custody · Shamir secret sharing
Hardware wallet
A small device that signs transactions without exposing the key.
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When you sign a transaction with a hardware wallet, the private key never leaves the chip. Your laptop sees the signed result, not the secret. That is the entire pitch.
Shamir secret sharing
Split a secret into pieces, recover with a subset.
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A 2-of-3 split means three people each hold a piece, any two can recombine the original, no single piece reveals anything. It is how you let a spouse, lawyer, or sibling participate in recovery without trusting any of them alone.
Related: Lazarus Protocol · Inheritance
Lazarus Protocol
Inheritance and recovery flow built into XColdPro Nyxor.
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A dead-man-switch system that lets a designated recipient access funds after a verified inactivity period, with multi-party challenges that prevent abuse while you are still alive.
Related: Shamir secret sharing · Inheritance
DOT (not NFT)
Digital Ownership Token. We do not say NFT.
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NFT carries the cultural baggage of cartoon-ape speculation. DOT names the actual primitive: a unique on-chain record of ownership tied to a specific work, asset, or right. We use DOT in the academy because the word should match the function.
Address poisoning
Attacker spams you with lookalike addresses, hoping you copy the wrong one.
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Modern wallets show truncated addresses (0xabc...xyz). Attackers generate addresses with the same first and last few characters, then push tiny transactions into your history so the bad address appears in your recent-paste list. Always verify mid-characters.
Related: Phishing
Phishing
Fake interface or message that tricks you into signing.
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Anything that asks you to sign, paste your seed, or approve a transaction. Real phishing rarely says “urgent.” It says “routine.” Slow down before you click.
DEX
Decentralized exchange. You trade from your own wallet.
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No account, no custody. You connect your wallet, the protocol matches you against a pool, and the trade settles on chain. Lower fees, more responsibility.
Related: Slippage · MEV
Slippage
How much the price can move before your trade fails.
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On a DEX, the price you see and the price you get can differ if the pool moves while your transaction confirms. Slippage tolerance lets you cap that delta. Set it tight on liquid pairs, looser on thin ones.
MEV
Maximum Extractable Value. Bots reordering your trade for profit.
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Anyone who orders the next block can sometimes squeeze a few cents out of your transaction by sandwiching it between their own. MEV-protected RPCs and private mempools reduce the surface.
RWA
Real-world asset. Off-chain value with on-chain settlement.
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Treasury bills, real estate, commodities, all represented as on-chain instruments. RWA is the answer to “crypto is just speculation.” It is also the bar for diligence: if there is no audit trail, there is no asset.
Related: SkyWalk1000 · Medals of Honor
Medals of Honor
Five-tier DOT collection that pays revenue share on XDRIP earnings, plus a 20-seat Eternals tier with governance rights.
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MoH is a Digital Ownership Token collection from XDRIP. The standard ladder runs Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary — own the preceding tier to advance, with bonuses tied to XDRIP token holdings. A separate Eternals tier exists outside the ladder, capped at 20 holders total, sold independently, with revenue share across every XDRIP platform and a seat at the strategic decision table. Funded by XDRIP Digital Management LLC profits. Live since January 20, 2025.
Related: DOT (not NFT) · RWA · SkyWalk1000
Founding Member
Pre-launch pricing tier on XDRIP products.
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Locked-in lower pricing for early supporters across XColdPro, XVaultPro, and XECHO. Academy graduation stacks an additional pillar-specific discount on top.