Glossary

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Gas


The mechanism which Ethereum has implemented for calculating the pricing and fees of smart contract operations and transactions.


Gas Limit


The highest price a user is willing to pay for a transaction’s/smart contract’s fee.


Genesis Block


The first block on a specific blockchain, otherwise known as Block 0 or 1.


Git


Git is a distributed version-control system for tracking changes in any set of files, originally designed for coordinating work among programmers cooperating on source code during software development.


GitHub

A web-based version-control and collaboration platform/repository for software developers to store the code they own or an open source one.


Gossip Protocol


A specific type of P2P communication between a computer (node) and other devices, which dictates how the information is distributed.


Gwei


A small portion of the Ether currency. Represents one-billionth of an Ether and is especially useful when using gas in Ethereum.