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Slippage in crypto trading is the gap between the expected execution price and the actual fill. It arises from order type choices, market depth, and timing, especially during rapid moves or thin liquidity. In volatile phases, fills can deviate widely;…

Proof of Work is a consensus mechanism where participants solve computational puzzles to validate transactions and append blocks. Miners expend energy to produce the hardest-to-reproduce proof and compete to propose the next block. The chain with the most cumulative effort…

Proof of Stake is a consensus mechanism where validators secure the network by locking up capital. Validators are chosen to propose and validate blocks based on stake size and protocol rules, with penalties for misbehavior. Unlike Proof of Work, it…

Impermanent loss (IL) arises when providing liquidity to AMMs, measured by the difference between the value of deposited assets in the pool and if those assets were held outside the protocol. It is driven by price movements and the pool’s…