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Glossary
A decision maker.
An instruction follower.
A swap of property between two Persons.
An agreement among People.
A Consensus regarding a mutually-acceptable medium for Trade.
Bitcoin is a Coin
The set of constraints that define a Coin.
A subset of Consensus Rules.
Conformance to Consensus Rules.
The process of determining Validity.
The act of discarding Invalid data.
The atomic transferable value of a Coin.
The Satoshi is the Bitcoin Unit
The change of control over certain Units.
A Valid set of Transactions with Timestamp and Proof.
The Branch with the most cumulative Proof.
A set of Operations that authorizes Transfer.
An atomic declaration of intent.
A Script that expresses Transfer conditions.
A Script that satisfies a Contract.
A reference to an Output or Input.
An explicit Transfer and a Contract.
An Output Point and an Endorsement.
The Output to which an Input refers.
An expression of earliest Transaction Validity.
A declaration of the time of Block production.
An average of preceding Block Timestamps.
Statistical evidence of the cost of Work performed.
A Branch with less cumulative Proof than another.
Orphan is a misnomer for this.
A Branch with more cumulative Proof than another.
Existence of a Transaction in a Block.
A Transaction that does not exist in a Block.
The set of Unconfirmed Transactions.
Memory Pool is a misnomer for this.
The set of Weak Blocks.
Orphan Pool is a misnomer for this.
The first Block of all Branches.
One more than the count of Blocks after a Confirmation.
The count of preceding Blocks in a Branch.
The initial publication of a Transaction.
The Endorsement of the same Output Contract by distinct Spends.
The issuance of new Units to a Miner.
The increase in Supply resulting from Subsidy.
An implicit Transfer to a Miner.
The sum of Subsidy and Fees for a Block.
A Transaction that Transfers a Reward.
The Depth at which a Coinbase Output becomes Transferable.
A reduction in the Subsidy rate (by half).
The level of Proof required for Validity.
A change to Difficulty.
The limit to Supply over all time.
A moving average of Exchange rates.
The product of Price and Supply.
Conveyance of data between Machines.
A set of Communication conventions.
A symmetrical Protocol.
An asymmetrical Protocol.
The delay inherent in Communication.
An inability of certain Peers to Communicate.
A Tool that disseminates new Blocks.
A Tool that performs Validation.
A Tool that creates Transactions.
A set of Machine instructions.
A Person accepting Units in Trade.
User is a common alias for this.
A Person controlling certain Units.
Holder is a common alias for this.
A subset of Miners with sufficient Hash Power to execute a sustained Attack.
51% is a common approximation of sufficient power.
The set of all Merchants.
The set of all issued Units.
The Trade of Units for other property.
A specific Tool set.
The process of Block production.
A potential Block with undetermined Proof.
An atomic computation to Prove Candidate Validity.
The rate of Hashing.
A fraction of the Hash Rate of all Mines.
A divergence in Consensus Rules.
A Fork that implies a Split unless Enforced by Majority Hash Power.
The Chain bifurcation resulting from a Fork.
The resolution of a Chain bifurcation not resulting from a Fork.
Reorg is an abbreviation for this.
The lack of Height increase over time.
Starting to Enforce a new Rule.
A Miner indication via Block data of intent to Enforce a new Rule.
Use of Hash Power to prevent Confirmation or enable Double Spending.
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