Glossary¶
Terminology¶
A¶
B¶
- Graphene Blockchain
(instead of “Graphene”)
- Blockchains Consensus
agreement about the validity rules for transactions, and the order in which they have been observed by the blockchain
- Blockchain Protocol
- Block Producer
(Witness)
- GPH Holder
(instead of shareholder / stakeholders)
C¶
D¶
- Delegated Proof of Stake
(DPoS)
E¶
F¶
G¶
- Governance
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H¶
I¶
J¶
K¶
L¶
M¶
- MPA
Market Pegged Asset
N¶
- Native Core Token GPH
(instead of “GPH”)
O¶
P¶
- Proof-of-Work
(PoW)
Q¶
R¶
S¶
- Seed Node
Seed nodes are the first nodes of the network.It allows other nodes to get started by connecting to them.
ns gpAssets are owned by the Graphene Committee. (e.g. gpUSD, gpCNY, gpEUR, gpGold etc) A SmartCoin (synonym for MPA) is a crypto-currency that always has 100% or more of its value backed by the Graphene core currency (GPH), to which they can be converted at any time, as collateral in a collateralized loan.
T¶
- Token
(instead of asset)
U¶
- Units
(instead of shares of an asset/token)
- test
In Graphene-Core unit test files locate in a /test/ folder. They are meant to ensure that the code behaves the right way.
V¶
W¶
- Working Budget
(instead of reserves or treasury)