Glossary

Distributor	A Protocol or Builder utilizing Zether
Controller	The Controller is located on Zether Network. It is responsible for processing and verifying data delivered by Transmitters.
Circuits	Smart Contracts located on various blockchains serving as communication nodes between Blockchains. They may receive and send input from/to other Smart Contracts.
Agent	An off-chain machine collecting and aggregating information.
Transmitter	A type of Agent responsible for sending data to the Controller on Zether Network.
Conductor	A type of Agent responsible for sending data from Zether Network to Circuits.
Observer	A type of Agent responsible for confirming successful operations of Transmitters.
Validator	An off-chain machine supporting the liveness and security of Zether Network
Delegator	A wallet which has delegated $ZETHER Tokens (voting power) to a Validator
Voting Power	The extent of a Validators influence during creation of new blocks
Block Confirmation Time	The time it takes for a block (and associated transactions) to be fully committed and live.
LSD	Liquid Staking Derivative - a liquid representation of a staked token, for example stETH or Liquid Vaults.
Blockchain	A distributed public ledger shared among a set of computer nodes.
Cross-Chain Interoperability	A feature that enables protocols across different blockchain networks to communicate with each other
Off-Chain Data	Data from the "real world", such as weather conditions or stock market prices, which is not originally part of a blockchain network
On-Chain Data	Data originating from a blockchain network, usually obtained through remote procedure calls (RPC) via a server.
Oracle	An entity that connects smart contracts to data outside of their blockchain network

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