§ Glossary · /glossary
Glossary.
Every term Adamant uses, explained in one or two sentences. If a property cannot be explained without jargon, the property is not yet correctly stated (Principle VI).
- Active set
- The validators currently producing blocks. Floor 7, ceiling 75. Below the floor, the chain halts.
- Burn-to-mint
- Adamant's only launch-phase issuance: provably burn a source asset (BTC/ETH/USDT/USDC), receive ADM at the fixed rate.
- Cohort marker
- A permanent on-chain marker bound to the original genesis validator address. Does not transfer with the slot.
- DAG-BFT
- Directed-acyclic-graph Byzantine fault tolerance. Adamant's consensus, Mysticeti-shaped.
- Disclosure
- A scoped, revocable decryption permission granted by a view key.
- Genesis NFT
- A freely tradeable NFT paired with each genesis cohort slot. Separate from the immovable cohort marker.
- Halo 2
- A recursive zero-knowledge proof system with no trusted setup. Adamant's privacy primitive.
- Mempool regime
- Two modes: threshold encryption (when active set ≥ 15) and time-lock VDF (when active set < 15). Auto-falls-back.
- ML-DSA
- Module-Lattice Digital Signature Algorithm (FIPS 204). Post-quantum signature scheme used in hybrid with Ed25519.
- ML-KEM
- Module-Lattice Key Encapsulation Mechanism (FIPS 203). Post-quantum key agreement.
- Node Runner
- Validator role. Stake floor 1 000 ADM. Produces blocks.
- Node Watcher
- Witness role. Stake floor 100 ADM. Publishes attestations and DA samples.
- Prover
- Permissionless tier. Generates recursive proofs on a per-bounty market.
- Recursive proof
- A zero-knowledge proof that verifies other proofs. Allows phone-side full verification.
- Security tier
- I, II, or III. A function of audit completion, time-in-operation, and active-set size.
- Selective disclosure
- A user-issued, scoped permission allowing a third party to decrypt some subset of the user's history.
- Service Node
- Permissionless tier. Operates light-client RPC for end-user wallets, paid per query.
- Shielded
- A transaction or balance whose details are encrypted on the public ledger. Default state.
- Slot transfer
- Mutual-consent transfer of a validator slot at an epoch boundary. Seniority preserved; marker stays with original address.
- Stealth address
- A one-time recipient address derived from a long-lived public viewing key. Unlinkable to other payments to the same recipient.
- Threshold encryption
- A scheme where decryption requires N-of-M validators to cooperate; prevents single-validator pre-execution MEV.
- Transparent
- An address or transaction whose details are visible on the public ledger. Opt-in.
- VDF
- Verifiable Delay Function (Wesolowski). Provides time-lock encryption for the small-set mempool regime.
- View key
- A read-only key issued by the holder of a spending key, allowing scoped decryption without spending authority.