Glossary

Terms as used across this documentation. Each entry links to the page that defines it in full.

DCC

DecentralCoin, the native coin of DecentralChain. Amounts are stored in the smallest unit (10^-8 DCC). See Token (Asset).

Chain ID

A single character identifying the network; it is part of every address and transaction. Mainnet is ? (63) and Testnet is ! (33). See Mainnet, Testnet.

Account

A key pair plus everything associated with it on chain — balances, data entries, aliases and an optional script. See Account.

Address

A Base58 string derived from a public key and the chain ID. Mainnet addresses start with 3D, Testnet addresses with 31.

Alias

A short, human-readable name for an address.

Seed

The secret phrase from which an account’s private key is derived. Never share it.

dApp

A decentralized application: an account with a Ride script whose @Callable functions users invoke with invoke script transactions.

Smart account

An account with a script that must approve every transaction the account sends.

Smart asset

A token with a script that must approve every transaction involving it.

Ride

The statically typed, functional smart-contract language of DecentralChain. See the Ride language section.

LPoS

Leased Proof of Stake: the consensus in which accounts can lease DCC to generating nodes. See Node.

NG

The protocol that streams transactions in microblocks between blocks.

Generating balance

The balance that counts towards the chance of generating the next block, including leased DCC.

Microblock

A small batch of transactions appended to the current block before the next key block.

Deterministic Finality

Feature 25: generators endorse blocks with BLS signatures and a block is final once endorsed by two thirds of committed stake. See Finality.

Blockchain feature

A numbered protocol change activated on a network by generator vote or network defaults. See Features and Activation.

Node

Software that validates transactions, stores blocks and serves the REST API.

Matcher

The service that matches orders on the DecentralChain exchange.

Cubensis Connect

DecentralChain’s browser-extension wallet. See Wallet Integration.

DecentralScan

The DecentralChain block explorer.

Decentralite

The smallest unit of DCC.