A virtual machine (VM) built on 32-bit architecture and used on the QTUM Network.

x86 in popular usage refers to a 32-bit processor and/or operating system with its attendant limitations in terms of the maximum accessible amount of physical memory. Most modern systems run on 64-bit architecture but x86 systems are still being built to run specialized functions.

Developers on the QTUM (pronounced quantum) network built a customized VM on x86 to run smart contracts in multiple languages. Unlike the Ethereum VM that uses solidity as its programming language, the QTUM x86 VM additionally lets programmers develop smart contracts in C++, Java, Python, among others.

A graph that expresses the relationship between yields on fixed-term securities and their time remaining to maturity.

A yield curve depicts the expected rate of return on securities investments per time interval until the debt is due. Investors and analysts use it to gauge public appetite for investment and the state of the economy.

The x axis on a yield curve represents the years or months left on the investment instrument and the y axis stands for the expected interest rates. On a normal yield curve, longer-term instruments have a higher interest rate than shorter-term ones.

A tokenized version of Ether (ETH) pegged to the value of the original cryptocurrency and which can be redeemed for ETH at any time.

Wrapped Ether solves the issue of interoperability by creating a mirror image of Ether which can be used on decentralized applications and other blockchains.

WETH maintains a 1:1 ratio to ETH and can be exchanged back to normal ether when needed. A version of wrapped ether (but not ether itself) exists on every major blockchain

x86 Virtual Machine

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