Oracle

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.

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.

Digital Bond

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

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

A mathematical function that converts input data of any size into a fixed-size output, used extensively in blockchain security.

A blockchain token where each unit is identical and interchangeable with any other unit of the same token.

The ability of a distributed system to reach consensus despite some nodes acting maliciously or failing.

A Layer 2 scaling solution using zero-knowledge proofs to validate off-chain transactions on the main blockchain.

Infrastructure enabling the transfer of assets and data between different blockchain networks.

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

A one-way function producing a fixed-length output that is computationally infeasible to reverse or find collisions for.