Glossary
Distributor | A Protocol or Builder utilizing Entangle |
Controller | The Controller is located on Entangle Blockchain. It is responsible for processing and verifying data delivered by Transmitters. |
Circuits | Smart Contracts located on various blockchains serving as communication nodes between Blockchains. They may receive and send input from/to other Smart Contracts. |
Agent | An off-chain machine collecting and aggregating information. |
Transmitter | A type of Agent responsible for sending data to the Controller on Entangle Blockchain. |
Conductor | A type of Agent responsible for sending data from Entangle Blockchain to Circuits. |
Observer | A type of Agent responsible for confirming successful operations of Transmitters. |
Validator | An off-chain machine supporting the liveness and security of Entangle Blockchain |
Delegator | A wallet which has delegated $NGL Tokens (voting power) to a Validator |
Voting Power | The extent of a Validators influence during creation of new blocks |
Block Confirmation Time | The time it takes for a block (and associated transactions) to be fully committed and live. |
LSD | Liquid Staking Derivative - a liquid representation of a staked token, for example stETH or Liquid Vaults. |
Blockchain | A distributed public ledger shared among a set of computer nodes. |
Cross-Chain Interoperability | A feature that enables protocols across different blockchain networks to communicate with each other |
Off-Chain Data | Data from the "real world", such as weather conditions or stock market prices, which is not originally part of a blockchain network |
On-Chain Data | Data originating from a blockchain network, usually obtained through remote procedure calls (RPC) via a server. |
Oracle | An entity that connects smart contracts to data outside of their blockchain network |
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