Whitepaper

How it is used

You publish, release, read or update a whitepaper. The best-known one is the Bitcoin whitepaper, published under the name Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008. Under MiCA, many token offers in the EU need a crypto-asset white paper with set information. Analysts read whitepapers critically: good writing does not prove that a project is honest.

Example sentences

1. Before the meeting, read section four of the whitepaper; it explains the token distribution.

2. The whitepaper promised a working product within a year, but the team missed every deadline.

Common collocations

• publish a whitepaper
• read the whitepaper
• the Bitcoin whitepaper
• technical whitepaper
• crypto-asset white paper

Related terms

• tokenomicsThe economic design of a token: how many exist, how they are created and distributed, who receives them and when, and what they can be used for.
• ICOShort for initial coin offering: a way for a new crypto project to raise money by selling its tokens to the public, usually before the product is ready.
• BitcoinThe first cryptocurrency, launched in 2009 by an unknown person or group using the name Satoshi Nakamoto. It runs on its own proof-of-work blockchain and has a maximum supply of 21 million coins.
• MiCAShort for Markets in Crypto-Assets, the EU regulation that sets common rules for issuing crypto assets and stablecoins and for crypto service providers, including their licensing.
• peer-to-peerDirectly between users, without a bank, server or other middleman in between. Blockchain networks are peer-to-peer: computers connect and share data with each other directly.

More terms: Blockchain Basics

• blockchain
• block
• node
• ledger
• decentralized
• hash
• immutable
• on-chain
• off-chain