A plain-language map of Solana culture and mechanics.

Slang for entering a position quickly, often with limited research.

To enter a token or trade aggressively and quickly.

All-time high: the highest recorded price or value.

All-time low: the lowest recorded price or value.

A formula that sets token price or available liquidity as buying and selling change supply along a launch path.

A wallet or service that groups transactions together, sometimes to coordinate early token activity.

The permanent removal of tokens from circulation by sending them to an unrecoverable process or address.

Contract address: the public address identifying a token mint or smart contract.

Crypto Twitter: the social-media conversation around crypto markets and communities.

A slang term for someone who takes highly speculative, high-risk positions.

A wallet associated with a project's creator or development team.

Slang for holding through volatility without selling.

A rapid decrease in price, often caused by concentrated selling.

The point or price at which a participant begins a position.

A critical phrase describing buyers who purchase positions that earlier holders sell; it is often used negatively.

Fully diluted valuation: current price multiplied by the maximum or fully diluted supply.

Fear of missing out: emotion-driven pressure to enter after attention or price has already increased.

The account authorized to freeze token accounts, if that authority has not been revoked.

A launchpad milestone where a token completes its initial curve phase and moves to a broader market or liquidity venue.

How token supply is spread across wallets and entities.

A participant with non-public or unusually early access to information or allocation.

Slang for someone who sells quickly, often at the first sign of volatility.

A Solana infrastructure and block-engine ecosystem associated with validator tooling and MEV-aware transaction flows.

Key opinion leader: a person whose public reach can influence attention around a token or narrative.

The amount of available market depth that can be traded with limited price impact.

Liquidity provider, or the pool/liquidity position supplied to facilitate trading.

A token's current price multiplied by its circulating supply.

Maximal extractable value: value captured by ordering, including, or excluding transactions in a block.

The movement of a token, liquidity, or market from one contract or venue to another.

The account authorized to create additional units of a Solana token, if that authority has not been revoked.

Slang describing an expectation or hope for a very large price increase.

Slang for selling quickly under pressure or at an early loss.

Profit and loss: a measure of realized and/or unrealized performance.

A rapid increase in attention or price.

A situation where a project or liquidity provider abandons participants and leaves them with losses or an illiquid market.

A deceptive or failed project exit that removes value or liquidity from participants.

The difference between an expected execution price and the final execution price.

A label commonly used for wallets with a history of timely or profitable activity; it is not a guarantee of future results.

A participant or bot that attempts to buy immediately when a token or liquidity event opens.

The wallets with the largest visible token balances.

The amount of an asset traded during a defined period.

A group of wallets suspected to be related based on shared behavior or transaction patterns.

A wallet or participant with a large enough position to materially affect liquidity or market activity.