sm0.1_names.md

Spacemesh 0.1 Terminology

Term	Long-form	DON’T USE	Definition
Smesher		Mesher, full node, full p2p node, miner	A full node which also smeshes (produces blocks / mines)
Smeshing		Mining, validating, block producing	Submitting blocks w txs to the network according to the sm protocol. Performed by the Smesher.
Spacemesh 0.1		The testnet, testnet	The first release of the Spacemesh testnet and app implementing the Spacemesh protocol
Smesh (SMH)	Plural is Smesh	Spacemesh Coins, Spacemesh token, Smesh Coin, Smeshes Coins, smehses	The sm native cryptocurrency name
Smidge	Plural is Smidge	Smetoshis, shmkl coins, shemekels, shmkl, shmkls, shmekels	The basic accounting unit. 10^12 Smidge are 1 Smesh coin.
Smeshing Setup		PosT generation, PostT init, PoST creation	The one-time process of committing free disk space to Spacemesh. Performed by the node. We must have a name for it
Smeshing Rewards		Awards	Smeshes users get as a reward for Smeshing.
Rewards Account		Coinbase account	The account that is set to get smeshing rewards.
Wallet	Smesh Wallet	Client, light client, account	Manage accounts for the user and provides security. Has one or more accounts.
Account	Smesh Account	Address, Wallet	Nameable coin account in a wallet, has a coin balance and a public address. Has cryptographic key pair.
Address	Account’s address	Account. Public Key. Wallet	An account’s public identifier. Derived from the account’s public key.
App	The Spacemesh App	Smesher, node, client	The Spacemesh desktop app. Includes Wallet and Smesher.
Spacemesh Protocol	The Spacemesh protocol 1.0	Spacemesh protocols	The protocol implemented for the sm 0.1 testnet release
Local Mesh		Local testnet	A local dev-focused testnet - running on a single machine from code.
Mesher		Full node, full p2p node, miner, node	The software package which implements the Spacemesh protocol. Currently implemented by go-spacemesh. Doesn’t smesh. Not used in 0.1
Meshing			Joining the mesh - by running a mesher.