Glossary
Explore CryptoHub’s complete glossary of token launch terms, including vesting, airdrops, time locks, sales, and distribution concepts. Perfect for beginners and pros looking to understand blockchain
Token Creation Terms
🚀 TGE (Token Generation Event)
The moment when a token is officially minted and made available on-chain. Often marks the beginning of vesting schedules, public sale, or token utility.
⏳ Cliff
A fixed time period after the TGE during which no tokens are released to recipients. Once the cliff ends, vesting begins. Common for investor and team allocations.
📈 Vesting
A mechanism to gradually release tokens over time, ensuring recipients earn their allocation incrementally. Used to align long-term commitment.
↗️ Linear Vesting
A vesting type where tokens unlock continuously and evenly over a defined time period (e.g., over 12 months). Smooth and predictable.
🔁 Cycle-Based Vesting (Milestone)
Tokens unlock in fixed intervals (e.g., 20% monthly for 5 months). Ideal for structured investor payouts or advisor compensation.
🧮 Decimals
The smallest divisible unit of a token. For example, 18 decimals means the token can be split into 10¹⁸ units (like how ETH works).
⚙️ Token Standard
Defines how a token behaves. Common standards include ERC-20, BEP-20, and SPL (Solana). Determines compatibility with wallets and dApps.
Token Sales Terms
🎯 Hard Cap
The maximum amount of funds a project aims to raise. Once reached, no further contributions are accepted. Signals fundraising limits.
🧪 Soft Cap
The minimum target a project needs to reach for a sale to be considered successful. If not met, funds may be refunded to participants.
👥 Whitelist
A curated list of wallet addresses allowed to participate in a sale. Often used for early access, private rounds, or limiting participants.
🛡️ KYC (Know Your Customer)
A regulatory compliance process requiring participants to submit identity documents before contributing to a sale.
💵 Token Price
The cost per token during a sale phase. May be fixed (e.g., $0.05 per token) or dynamic (based on demand or bonding curves).
🧱 Sale Stage
Token sales may happen in phases: Seed, Private, Public, or IDO. Each stage can have different pricing, rules, and allocation caps.
💳 Accepted Currencies
The cryptocurrencies participants can use to purchase tokens (e.g., ETH, BNB, USDC).
📃 Vesting on Sale
Some tokens sold during the raise may be locked and vested after purchase, preventing immediate trading or dumping.
🧾 Contribution Limit
The minimum and maximum amount an individual is allowed to invest per wallet (e.g., min $100 – max $5,000).
🔗 Smart Contract Address
The verified contract through which the token sale is conducted. Participants send funds here to receive tokens.
Token Distribution Terms
🎁 Airdrop
Free distribution of tokens to wallet addresses. Used for marketing, community rewards, or promotional campaigns.
📤 Multi-Sender
A tool for sending tokens to hundreds of addresses in bulk—either equally or with custom amounts—via CSV or manual entry.
🌐 Claim Page
A public-facing branded page where recipients can connect their wallet, verify eligibility, and claim tokens.
🔗 Referral Link
A unique tracking URL shared by users to invite others. Used in sales or airdrops with bonus rewards for referrals.
🧩 Eligibility Check
A system that verifies if a user’s wallet is on the list to receive or claim tokens. Shows a “Yes/No” status.
⛓️ Distribution Schedule
The timeline or pattern tokens follow when being distributed. Can be one-time, phased, or vesting-based.
Token Management Terms
🔒 Time Lock
A smart contract that locks tokens until a future date. Used to prevent early access, especially for LP or team funds.
🧠 Unlock Schedule
Rules that define how and when locked tokens become accessible. Can involve cliffs, TGE unlocks, and ongoing releases.
🪪 NFT Ownership Certificate
A non-transferable or transferable NFT that represents ownership of a contract (like a vesting or time lock). Used for transfer of control.
🔄 Reclaim
Action to retrieve unclaimed tokens from expired airdrops or vesting plans. Tokens are returned to the creator’s wallet.
👤 Admin Wallet
The wallet address with management privileges over a contract—can edit content, trigger claims, or transfer ownership.
⛽ Gas Fees
The fee required to perform an action on a blockchain. Users pay gas when claiming, sending, or deploying contracts.
🧮 Claimable Amount
The number of tokens a user is currently eligible to claim based on the vesting schedule or drop setup.
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