Definition of altcoin noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

altcoin

noun

/ˈɔːltkɔɪn/

[uncountable] any cryptocurrency (= system of electronic money used for buying and selling online) that is not bitcoin
- So far, relatively few merchants accept altcoin as a medium of exchange.
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[countable] a unit of an altcoin system of money
- The value of any altcoin is equal only to how much someone will pay you for it.

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