Digital Bond

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.

Chainlink

A decentralised oracle network that connects smart contracts with external data sources, APIs, and payment systems.

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.

Locking up cryptocurrency holdings to support blockchain network operations and earn rewards.

A radical change to a blockchain's protocol that makes previously invalid blocks or transactions valid, requiring all nodes to upgrade.

A computer connected to a blockchain network that maintains a copy of the ledger and participates in consensus.

The process of using computational power to validate transactions and add new blocks to a proof-of-work blockchain.

Zero-Knowledge Succinct Non-Interactive Argument of Knowledge — a compact zero-knowledge proof requiring no interaction between prover and verifier.

A cryptographic method allowing one party to prove knowledge of information without revealing the information itself.

Bank deposits represented as digital tokens on a blockchain, enabling programmable settlement, interbank transfers, and integration with decentralised financial infrastructure.

A blockchain network open to anyone to participate as a node, validator, or user without requiring approval.