# IYKYK

IYKYK is an abbreviation that stands for “If you know, you know,” which in Chinese means “如果你知道，那你自然就知道了,” or more colloquially, “懂得都懂 (dddd).” It might sound like a piece of nonsense, but it’s not. In the Crypto community, some topics, projects, technologies, or events have complex background information that only those who understand these details can grasp the logic behind. When such information is mentioned, people use IYKYK to indicate that only those with the background knowledge can truly understand its meaning. IYKYK was first added to Urban Dictionary in April 2016 and has since become a widely used term in the Crypto community to draw attention to certain posts. You can often find posts with the #IYKYK tag on Twitter, especially when new projects are launched. In short, you can simply understand IYKYK as a form of