Glossary
Short definitions of crypto chat and community terms, each with a concrete Cherry example.
Plain-language definitions of the vocabulary used across Cherry (cherry.fun) and the wider wallet-native chat space: gating rules, standards, handles, and more.
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What is copy trading in crypto? Auto-copy vs one tap
Copy trading in crypto means repeating another trader's trades. How exchange copy trading and Solana copy bots work, the risks, and Cherry's one-tap copy.
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What is FDV in crypto? FDV vs market cap
FDV is a token's price times its full supply; market cap counts only what circulates. How to read the gap, with WIF and PYTH as worked examples.
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What is a seed phrase? The recovery phrase, explained
A seed phrase, or recovery phrase, is 12 to 24 words that rebuild a crypto wallet. What wallets call it, and how it differs from a private key.
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Pre-IPO tokens: what you hold and what can go wrong
Pre-IPO tokens track a private company through a vehicle and carry no shareholder rights: the structures, the OpenAI and Anthropic warnings, the checks.
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What is AMA in crypto? Holders-only Q&A explained
AMA means ask me anything: a project team answering its community in public. How crypto AMAs work, and how a holders-only AMA runs on Cherry.
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What is a prediction market? How YES and NO pay out
A prediction market prices contracts on real events between $0 and $1. How YES and NO pay out, a worked example, and how it differs from gambling.
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What does GM mean in crypto? The greeting, explained
GM means good morning, crypto's all-day hello. Where it came from, why it floods busy groups, and how Cherry's GM filter counts it as a daily streak.
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What is RWA in crypto? Real-world assets explained
RWA in crypto means a token backed by something off-chain: dollars, Treasury bills, stocks, gold. Who issues it, who holds the backing and who may buy it.
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What does shill mean in crypto? Shilling explained
What does shill mean in crypto? A person or bot pushing a token they gain from. Where the word comes from, the three kinds, and how to weigh a shill.
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What is a snapshot in crypto? Airdrops and live checks
A crypto snapshot records which wallets held a token at one block. How airdrop snapshots work and how they compare with whitelists and live checks.
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What is CA in crypto? Contract and mint addresses
CA means contract address: the one ID a copycat token cannot reuse. On Solana it is the mint address. How to find the real one and what it does in a chat.
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What is an SPL token? Solana's token standard
SPL tokens and Token-2022 explained: mints, token accounts and rent, and which Cherry rule reads each Solana token standard to gate a group chat.
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What are perps in crypto? Perpetual futures explained
Perps are futures with no expiry: long or short on collateral with leverage. Mark price, funding, liquidation, and stock perps versus tokenized stocks.
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What is PnL in crypto? Realized vs unrealized PnL
PnL is profit and loss against what you paid. How realized and unrealized PnL differ, how cost basis splits them, and why two apps show different PnL.
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What is an embedded wallet? Who holds the key
An embedded wallet is one an app creates at sign-up. Who can sign with it, what you can export, and how the Cherry Wallet's screens describe its own key.
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What is a burner wallet? Why crypto apps limit them
What is a burner wallet: a fresh, disposable wallet for one risky job. Why traders keep one, where it stops protecting you, and what it can do on Cherry.
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What is a no-loss lottery in crypto? Prize savings
A no-loss lottery pools deposits and pays the yield out to depositors picked at random. What you give up, how Tramplin runs it on Solana, and the risks.
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What is a sybil attack? Airdrop farming explained
A sybil attack is one actor posing as many identities. What airdrop farming is, how teams filter sybil wallets, and what each extra wallet costs a farmer.
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Address poisoning: how the lookalike address scam works
Address poisoning plants a lookalike wallet in your history so you copy it next time. How the attack works, a dated case, and the habits that stop it.
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What is rent on Solana? Rent deposits after SIMD-0437
Rent on Solana is a refundable SOL deposit every account holds. The formula, the SIMD-0437 cuts of September 2026, and withdrawing excess lamports.
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What is a tokenized stock? Token vs share explained
A tokenized stock is a token that tracks a listed share. Who issues it, what you hold, how dividends and voting work, and how it differs from a real share.
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What is a wallet to wallet messenger?
A wallet to wallet messenger is a chat app where a wallet address is the account. The two models, the spam problem, and how DMs work on Cherry.
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Wallet native messaging: your wallet is the account
Wallet native messaging means the wallet is the account and the address book. How the signature login works, what it does not promise, and Cherry's take.
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What is a token gated chat?
A token gated chat admits only wallets that hold what the room asks for. How the check runs, by verify bot or inside the chat app, and how Cherry does it.
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Seeker Genesis Token (SGT): what it is and what it does
The Seeker Genesis Token is the soulbound NFT minted once per Solana Seeker. What it proves, what it is for, and how Seeker rooms on Cherry check owners.
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What is Seeker Season? Solana Mobile's dApp campaign
Seeker Season is Solana Mobile's run of featured dApps, quests, badges and SKR rewards for Seeker owners. The dates, the scoring, and Cherry's part.
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What is a paid crypto channel?
A paid crypto channel is a broadcast feed you pay to read. How the payment gate works, how it differs from a paid group, and how one runs on Cherry.
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What is NFT gated chat? Definition and how it works
NFT gated chat is a group chat only collection holders can enter. The standards behind it, how the on-chain check runs, and how a Cherry room does it.
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What is a holder chat in crypto?
A holder chat is a group whose members are all verified on-chain to hold a token or an NFT. How the check works, bot versus app, and a Cherry example.
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What is embedded chat? The embeddable chat widget
Embedded chat is a room another service hosts and your page renders in an iframe. How the pattern works, and how Cherry's Chat Embed SDK does it.
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What is a CTO community in crypto?
A CTO community is what holders build after a token team walks away. What a community takeover is, what the new leads need, and how it runs on Cherry.
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What is a mini app? Crypto mini apps explained
A mini app is a web app that runs inside a host app with your identity attached. How crypto mini apps work on Telegram, Farcaster, and Cherry.
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What is an alpha group in crypto?
An alpha group is a closed crypto chat sold by the caller who runs it. How the gate works, how seats are sold today, and how one runs on Cherry.
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.skr domain: what it is and how to get one
A .skr domain is the soulbound name claimed on a Solana Seeker. What it is, how to get one, how it differs from .sol, and how Cherry rooms check it.
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What are the trenches in crypto?
The trenches is trader slang for the newest, fastest part of the crypto market. What the word means, where the talk happens, and how to check a caller.
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Solana multisender: what a push airdrop costs
A multisender pushes a token out to a list of addresses. What that costs the sender on Solana, what it wastes, and how a claim campaign compares.
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What is a soulbound token (SBT)?
A soulbound token is an asset locked to one wallet: it cannot be sold or transferred. What SBTs are used for, and how a gated chat room checks one.
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What is escrow in crypto? The two models
Escrow in crypto means two different things: a middleman who holds the funds, and a program that settles by rule. Atomic settlement and timeouts explained.
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What is a whale in crypto?
A whale is a holder large enough to move the market it trades in. Why the threshold moves per token, how whale wallets are spotted, and what that misses.
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What is a KOL in crypto?
KOL means key opinion leader. The three things the word covers, how a claimed call record can be checked, and how KOL rooms charge on Cherry.
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Sign In With Solana (SIWS): the signature login
Sign In With Solana is a login where your wallet signs a text message. What it signs, why nothing goes on-chain, and what Cherry builds from it.
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What is a .sol domain name?
A .sol domain name is a Solana Name Service name that points at a wallet. What it does, why it is also written .sns, and how Cherry rooms check it.
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Mobile Wallet Adapter: the Android wallet handoff
Mobile Wallet Adapter is the Solana protocol that lets an Android app ask a wallet app on the same phone to sign. How it works, and what it is not.
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Seed Vault Wallet: the Seeker's built-in wallet
The Seed Vault Wallet is the Solana Seeker's own wallet, keys held in secure hardware. What it is, what signing in does, and how a Cherry room checks it.
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Onchain social: what is on-chain and what is not
Onchain social means identity, ownership checks and payments recorded on a blockchain, while messages, feeds and moderation stay off-chain.