| DAO |
Decentralized Autonomous Organization (see Overview) |
| DGF |
DAO Governance Framework |
| Casper |
A block chain supporting contracts and native fungible currency |
| CSPR |
The native fungible currency of the Casper block chain |
| Ethereum |
A block chain supporting contracts and native fungible currency |
| ETH |
The native fungible currency of the Ethereum block chain |
| Matrix |
A federated communications platform |
| Synapse |
The reference Matrix server implementation, including support for federation |
| Element-web |
The reference Matrix front-end implementation |
| Homeserver |
A Matrix homeserver running Synapse or equivalent |
| Worker |
A Matrix user with a Blockchain Wallet. May stake REP, and earn REP and CSPR/ETH. |
| Customer |
A user with a Blockchain Wallet. Pays to engage a work contract. |
| Staking Client |
An application that listens for validation pools, performs validation and stakes for/against the pool. |
| Reputation (REP) |
A non-transferable ERC20 token representing the results of validation pools within a given expertise. |
| Forum Post |
A signed contribution with weighted references |
| Validation Pool (VP) |
Takes CSPR/ETH and author stakes as input. Requires REP-weighted consensus. Mints and distributes REP; distributes CSPR/ETH. |
| Work Evidence (WEV) |
A forum post representing work that fulfills some work request(s) |
| Work Smart Contract (WSC) |
A contract that takes REP stakes from workers and CSPR/ETH from customers, and puts them toward a validation pool (VP) targeting work evidence (WEV). |
| Proposal |
A Post representing some proposed action or change, to be reviewed and approved/rejected by the DAO. |
| Attestation |
Assertion by a DAO member that they are aware of a given Proposal |
| Referendum |
An instance of a Validation Pool targeting a given Proposal |