Glossary

Pause Switch

A pause switch can temporarily halt protocol actions during an incident or attack.

Emergency stop mechanism

Plain-English meaning

Pause Switch is used here to describe emergency stop mechanism. In the daily board, the word is grouped by the role it performs rather than by spelling or market popularity.

You may encounter it in a product interface, technical document, risk report, policy paper, or market dashboard. The term is included for recognition and comparison, not as a product recommendation.

Why it belongs with Protocol Defenses

These terms describe controls and failure modes that protect crypto infrastructure.

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Where you might see it

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