Chainlink

Smart Contract

Self-executing programs stored on a blockchain that automatically enforce the terms of an agreement when conditions are met.

Decentralised Autonomous Organisation

An organisation governed by smart contracts and token holder votes rather than centralised management.

Solidity

A programming language designed for writing smart contracts on the Ethereum Virtual Machine.

Ethereum Virtual Machine

The runtime environment for executing smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain network.

Oracle

A service that provides external real-world data to blockchain smart contracts that cannot access off-chain information directly.

Account Abstraction

A blockchain architecture improvement that allows smart contracts to act as user accounts, enabling features like social recovery, gas sponsorship, and batched transactions.

Programmable Money

Digital currency embedded with executable logic that can enforce spending conditions, automate payments, and integrate with smart contracts for conditional financial operations.

Blockchain Oracle

A service that provides smart contracts with verified external data from off-chain sources such as market prices, weather conditions, and real-world events.

Digital Bond

A fixed-income security issued and managed on blockchain infrastructure, automating coupon payments, settlement, and transfer of ownership through smart contracts.

A consensus mechanism where token holders vote for delegates who validate transactions on their behalf.

An open-source collaborative project hosting enterprise-grade blockchain frameworks and tools.

A consensus mechanism requiring computational effort to validate transactions and create new blocks, used by Bitcoin.

A distributed, immutable digital ledger that records transactions across a network of computers without a central authority.

The base blockchain protocol layer that handles consensus, data availability, and transaction settlement.

Networks that use blockchain token incentives to coordinate the deployment and operation of physical infrastructure such as wireless networks, energy grids, and compute resources.

A decentralised decision-making process where protocol changes are proposed, debated, and voted on through blockchain-based mechanisms by token holders or validators.

An uncollateralised loan in DeFi that must be borrowed and repaid within a single blockchain transaction.