Binance Smart Chain, also known lovingly as Binance Scam Chain. A "decentralised" chain created by the family run Binance exchange. Jokes aside, this was actually called Ce-De-Fi by CZ... which meant centralized decentralized finance! At the time the chain had around 6 validators who were all thought to be the same person. No doubt it is more decentralized now and it is certainly wildly popular. One of the first successful smart contract chains to provide an alternative to Ethereum and its insanely high gas fees. Update: It has recently been rebranded to BNB chain.

An NFT term that relates to the period after the mint. Typically, NFTs are minted for the first time from the smart contract in a mint event. Then when all NFTs are claimed or minted, they can be traded on the secondary market, which includes marketplaces like OpenSea.

A collection is a series of NFTs minted from the same smart contract.

A DAO is an entity with no central point of authority. It is essentially a member-owned crypto community with a shared wallet and distinct token. Amongst other utilities, the token gives community members voting rights. Other key rules are written down in code and enforced by a smart contract on the blockchain. All activity is transparent and public.

A dApp is a software application that is built on a decentralised network (e.g. a blockchain) and is a combination of a front end user interface and a smart contract.