# Glossary **Active Set**: Validators that are actively participating in consensus and earning rewards. **Airdrops**: Extra rewards given to users via specific validators, separate from standard staking rewards. **Arbitrage**: The practice of exploiting price differences between markets by buying low in one and selling high in another. **Blockchain**: A distributed ledger technology that records transactions across many computers in a way that ensures the data cannot be altered retroactively. **Blocks**: Data structures within a blockchain, containing a set of transactions that have been verified and signed by validators. **Bonded Validator**: A validator that is currently part of the active set and participating in consensus, thus earning rewards. **Bonding**: The act of delegating tokens to a validator to earn staking rewards. **Burn**: The process of permanently removing tokens from circulation, often used to reduce supply. **Burn Auction**: An event where participants bid using tokens to gain certain assets or privileges, with the tokens used in winning bids being burned. **Commission**: The portion of staking rewards retained by a validator before distributing the remainder to delegators. **Community Pool**: A fund used for community-driven projects, accessible through governance proposals. **Consensus**: The method by which validators agree on the validity of transactions and the state of the blockchain. Validators are rewarded for their participation. **Cosmos-SDK**: The development framework used to build the blockchain, providing various modules and tools. **Credential Schema**: A structured format that defines the data model and validation rules for a verifiable credential. **Credential Definition**: A specific instance of a credential schema issued by an issuer, containing specific data. **dApp**: Decentralized application built on a blockchain network. **DID (Decentralized Identifier)**: A globally unique identifier that enables verifiable, self-sovereign digital identities. DIDs are created and managed by individuals, independent of central authorities. **DID Method:** A specific standard or specification used to create and manage DIDs. **Delegator**: A user who delegates or bonds their tokens to a validator to earn rewards. **Devnet**: A development network used for testing new features or products without impacting the main network. **Digital Signature**: A cryptographic method used to verify the authenticity and integrity of digital messages or documents.\ \ **Empe Verifiable Data Wallet:** A digital wallet used within the Empeiria ecosystem to store, manage, and present DIDs and VCs. **Full Node**: A node that validates transactions and maintains a copy of the entire blockchain, typically operated by validators. **Gas Fees**: Transaction fees paid to validators to process transactions and prevent spam on the network. **Governance**: The process through which users and validators propose, vote on, and implement changes to the protocol. **IBC (Inter-Blockchain Communication)**: A protocol that allows different blockchains to communicate and interact with each other. **Identity Wallet**: A digital wallet used to store, manage, and present decentralized identifiers (DIDs) and verifiable credentials. **Inactive Set**: Validators that are not currently participating in consensus and thus not earning rewards. **Issuer**: An entity that creates and issues verifiable credentials. **Jailed**: The status of validators that are temporarily excluded from the active set due to misbehavior. **Node**: A computer participating in the network by maintaining a copy of the blockchain and validating transactions. **Private Key**: A secret cryptographic key used to sign transactions and access sensitive information. **Proof Presentation**: The act of a holder presenting verifiable credentials to a verifier for validation. **Proof Request**: A request from a verifier to a holder to present specific verifiable credentials for validation. **Public Key**: A cryptographic key that can be shared publicly to verify signatures made with the corresponding private key. **Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)**: A system for the creation, management, and distribution of digital certificates and keys. **Revocation**: The process of invalidating a verifiable credential, rendering it no longer valid.\ \ **Selective Disclosure:** The ability for a holder to present only specific claims within a verifiable credential during verification, depending on the verifier's requirements. **Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI)**: A model of digital identity where individuals fully own and control their personal data without relying on a central authority. **Service Endpoint**: A URL or other identifier in a DID document that provides access to services related to the DID. **Slashing**: The penalty for validators that act against the network's rules, resulting in a loss of a portion of their staked tokens. **Staking**: The process of delegating tokens to a validator to earn rewards and support the network's security and operations. **Testnet**: A network used for testing new features, applications, and protocols before they are deployed on the main network. **Validator**: An entity responsible for verifying transactions, maintaining the blockchain, and participating in consensus. **Verifiable Credentials (VCs)**: Tamper-proof digital documents issued by an issuer, which can be cryptographically verified to prove certain attributes about the holder. **Verifier**: An entity that receives and checks the validity of verifiable credentials. **Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP)**: A cryptographic technique that allows one party to prove the truth of a statement without revealing any additional information. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. 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