Glossary

New to crypto or new to WYDE? Here are the terms used across this hub.

WYDE terms

WYDE — The Wyoming Decentralized Exchange. An Impact Exchange where a portion of every trade funds verified nonprofits.

Impact Exchange — An exchange whose trading activity itself generates charitable funding, rather than relying on separate donations.

Cause Coin — A cause-specific token on WYDE. Each one is tied to a mission and a verified nonprofit treasury. $EAT is the first.

$EAT — The first Cause Coin, focused on ending hunger and food insecurity.

$EAT Card — A debit card that lets anyone spend normally while funding meals, without needing to understand crypto.

Hunger Cup — A 16-country bracket competition where retweets and trade volume fund a live meal pot for food-security nonprofits.

eat.ong — The hunger mission’s home on the web: a directory of verified relief organizations plus the meal-funding tracker.

Cause treasury — The on-chain wallet that collects a cause’s share of trading fees before it is distributed to nonprofit partners.

Crypto terms

Base — The blockchain WYDE is built on. A fast, low-cost network secured by Ethereum.

DEX (Decentralized Exchange) — A platform where you trade tokens directly from your own wallet, with no central middleman holding your funds.

Swap — Trading one token for another on a DEX.

Wallet — The app (such as Coinbase Wallet or MetaMask) that holds your tokens and signs your transactions.

Token — A unit of value on a blockchain. $EAT is a token.

On chain — Recorded directly on the blockchain, where anyone can verify it.

Governance terms

DUNA — Decentralized Unincorporated Nonprofit Association. A 2024 Wyoming legal framework that gives a decentralized association legal clarity and limited liability, and lets token holders vote on funding.

Holder rewards — The share of trading fees distributed back to token holders.

Governance vote — A community vote (starting in 2026 for $EAT) on which nonprofits get funded and how much.