The assessment of financial elements such as assets and businesses using intrinsic, economic, historical, or relational information.

Fundamental analysis (FA) is one of the most common analytical methods used in corporate finance to assess the value of financial elements and instruments. This analytical approach effectively allows the financial or market analyst to take the asset or business apart, so they can accurately determine its value. As such, the effectiveness of FA is dependent on the analyst's access to information about the intrinsic characteristics of the asset or business, as well as related economic or historical factors.

FA is very important in corporate finance. It is one of the principal justification for market analysis, price forecasting, and value determination.

A commodity or asset’s capacity to be correctly exchanged with other commodities and assets.

Fungibility refers to the condition that a commodity or asset can be exchanged for another based on its inherent value. Thus, the commodity or asset in question can be broken down into units, and then these units can be exchanged for units of similar commodities and assets. As such, interchangeability is the root of fungibility, meaning that any commodity or asset that can be correctly and consistently exchanged for another of the same kind is said to be fungible.

The foremost application of fungibility is in monetary exchange. So, $10 can be exchanged for $10, even though the bills have different serial numbers.

A computer on a blockchain network that serves as an independent terminal for the network’s operations.

A node is any computer that is active on a blockchain network and executes transactions using the network’s algorithm. As the traditional blockchain model does not include central authorities, the computer serves as a terminal through which users can interact with the blockchain, buy and sell assets, and record (and share records of) their transactions on blocks.

There are different types of nodes, ranging from light nodes to full nodes. A full node is one that serves as a miniature version of the blockchain, with a full copy of the distributed ledger of blocks and transactions.

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