Glossary page

[kristykjlee]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lX_Lova1_80KVyNZLW0vxrnW_9xNIit1kaPdA2KAzpQ/edit?ts=6078ce56

[heshamwatany]

Glossary https://www.figma.com/file/wdPE3DgCM7OctG1ejNQJjr/Glossary?node-id=139%3A1572

[led76marx]

@hydra91 updated that gdoc above. I also copy it here:

Account Anonymous digital identity on the network through which a user can send and receive coins

Account Balance The amount of coins owned by an account

Account Lock Unique value used to ensure that the same request is not processed more than once

Account Number Account Number Identifier of an account

Account State Attributes of the account that can change over time, such as the account balance

Block A description of a change to one or more objects in the network

Blockchain List of blocks ordered chronologically

Budget Budget Shared account managed by the government that requires a multisig to access

Coin Locking The locking of coins in exchange for points and the ability to boost a node

Coin Transfer Transfer of coins between accounts

Confirmation A block signed by a validator as indication that the block has been added to their blockchain

Confirmation Validator (CV) Validator that will receive blocks from the PV, validate those results, and if valid add that block to their blockchain

Fees Payments to nodes in exchange for processing the request

Government Group of individuals elected by registered users to govern

Governor Application A process that enables a user to become eligible for governor

Governor Voting A process through which a registered user endorses an individual who runs for governor

Locked Coins Coins that are frozen for a set amount of time to prevent them from being withdrawn

Network Day One network day is the time unit used in the network, equal to 1,000 blocks (average number of confirmation blocks per day). The network does not use human time as a reliable form of time measurement, so time is measured in confirmation blocks.

Node Network server that has several responsibilities, such as checking that requests conform to network protocol and routing blocks

Node Boosting Voting for a node to be included in the validator schedule

Node Registration Node’s enrollment onto the network

Primary Validator (PV) Validator that accepts requests from other nodes; after successful validation of each request, it creates a new block which is first added to it's own blockchain and then forwarded to the confirmation validators

Points An amount of refillable units that are awarded in exchange for locking coins

Registered Users Registered Users Individual users of the network that have a username

Treasury Board Highest voted members of government who mint new coins

Username A globally unique network identifier linked to an account number

Username Registration The purchase of a username by an account

Vote Registered users choice for governor

Vote Purchase The purchase of one or more votes by a user