Blockleaders: Acronyms and Terms

December 8, 2022

How do you get up to scratch on web3 lingo?

Running Point and its chief investment officer, Michael Ashley Schulman, CFA, were quoted by Blockleaders.io in an article — by Maria Hogan, “Web3 and crypto slang and jargon” — regarding new web acronyms and terms that describe decentralization and blockchain technologies.

Quoted article excerpts are below:

2. DSCVR DSCVR is a favourite for Michael Ashley Schulman

“My fav slang is DSCVR which is short for ‘to discover’. There is also a Web3/Blockchain social network called DSCVR- one that plays up on this idea since a social network is the perfect place to DSCVR something.” he told Blockleaders.

6. NGMI — My second fav slang term is NGMI” Michael Ashley Schulman says, “[It’s] short for ‘not gonna make it’, often referring to an NFT, token, or idea that will not survive or at least won’t recoup its production costs.

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