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NFT Glossary: Rankings, Floors, Volume, Liquidity and Wallet Terms

Use concise definitions for NFT leaderboard metrics, Solana and Ethereum standards, marketplace data, ownership, wallets and risk disclosures.

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Address

A public blockchain account identifier. Address counts do not necessarily equal unique people.

Buyer

An address classified as acquiring an NFT through a supported marketplace settlement during the selected period.

Collection

A verified or editorial grouping of digital assets tied to stable identifiers and a documented relationship.

Composite score

A relative index built from normalized, weighted inputs for a selected peer set and time window.

Compressed NFT

A unique digital asset whose state can be represented using compression-aware proofs and specialized indexing.

Data completeness

The share of required fields available and valid for a record within the selected window.

ERC-721

An Ethereum standard interface for unique non-fungible tokens.

ERC-1155

An Ethereum multi-token standard that can represent unique, semi-fungible and fungible item types.

Floor price

The lowest covered asking price that passes the site’s order-validation rules.

Holder

An address with a positive balance or current ownership record for the selected asset scope.

Liquidity

The ability to transact, described through listing depth, sales frequency, participants, price gaps and concentration.

Listing depth

The quantity of executable asks available across price bands above the floor.

Metadata

Descriptive data such as name, image and attributes, which may be stored onchain or referenced elsewhere.

Mint

The creation or issuance of a token record. A mint is not automatically a market sale.

Native unit

The payment or quotation asset used on the relevant network, such as SOL or ETH.

NFT

A non-fungible or uniquely identified blockchain token. Token ownership does not automatically transfer copyright.

Owner concentration

The share of supply associated with the largest addresses, subject to custodial and identity limitations.

Sale

A transaction classified as a marketplace settlement with supported payment and asset-transfer evidence.

Sales velocity

The rate of classified sales over a selected period, sometimes normalized by supply.

Seller

An address classified as disposing of an NFT through a supported marketplace settlement.

Wash trading

Trading that may create misleading activity through related or circular transactions; detection is imperfect.

Watchlist

A local browser list of saved collection names and identifiers; it does not synchronize across devices.