Terminology

Term Definition
DAO Decentralized Autonomous Organization (see Overview)
DGF DAO Governance Framework
Casper A block chain supporting contracts and native fungible currency
CSPR The native fungible currency of the Casper block chain
Ethereum A block chain supporting contracts and native fungible currency
ETH The native fungible currency of the Ethereum block chain
Matrix A federated communications platform
Synapse The reference Matrix server implementation, including support for federation
Element-web The reference Matrix front-end implementation
Homeserver A Matrix homeserver running Synapse or equivalent
Worker A Matrix user with a Blockchain Wallet. May stake REP, and earn REP and CSPR/ETH.
Customer A user with a Blockchain Wallet. Pays to engage a work contract.
Staking Client An application that listens for validation pools, performs validation and stakes for/against the pool.
Reputation (REP) A non-transferable ERC20 token representing the results of validation pools within a given expertise.
Forum Post A signed contribution with weighted references
Validation Pool (VP) Takes CSPR/ETH and author stakes as input. Requires REP-weighted consensus. Mints and distributes REP; distributes CSPR/ETH.
Work Evidence (WEV) A forum post representing work that fulfills some work request(s)
Work Smart Contract (WSC) A contract that takes REP stakes from workers and CSPR/ETH from customers, and puts them toward a validation pool (VP) targeting work evidence (WEV).
Proposal A Post representing some proposed action or change, to be reviewed and approved/rejected by the DAO.
Attestation Assertion by a DAO member that they are aware of a given Proposal
Referendum An instance of a Validation Pool targeting a given Proposal