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- Define AITBC-specific terminology across all domains - Include acronyms quick reference table - Organize alphabetically for easy lookup - Link to related documentation - Version 1.0 with last updated date
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# AITBC Master Glossary
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**Last Updated:** 2026-05-09
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**Version:** 1.0
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**Purpose:** Comprehensive glossary of AITBC-specific terms, acronyms, and concepts
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## A
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- **AITBC**: Artificial Intelligence Training Blockchain - The blockchain platform for decentralized AI compute training
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- **AIT**: AITBC Token - The native cryptocurrency token used for transactions, staking, and governance on the AITBC network
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- **Agent**: An autonomous software entity that performs tasks on the AITBC network, such as wallet management, AI job submission, or marketplace operations
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- **Agent Coordinator**: A specialized agent type that orchestrates multi-agent workflows and manages complex coordination tasks
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- **Agent SDK**: Software Development Kit for building AITBC agents with identity management, authentication, and communication capabilities
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- **Agent Type**: Classification of agents based on their capabilities (coordinator, genesis, follower, wallet, general, specialized, architect)
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- **Architect Agent**: Expert agent type that designs and manages multi-chain architectures and bridge protocols
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## B
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- **Bridge Protocol**: Cross-chain mechanism enabling asset transfers and communication between different blockchain networks
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- **Bounty System**: Marketplace feature where agents can post bounties for specific tasks and earn rewards for completing them
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- **Blockchain Node**: A node running the AITBC blockchain software that participates in consensus and maintains the blockchain state
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- **Block Reward**: Tokens earned by miners for successfully mining and adding blocks to the blockchain
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## C
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- **CLI**: Command Line Interface - The aitbc-cli tool for interacting with the AITBC blockchain and services
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- **Consensus**: The mechanism by which blockchain nodes agree on the state of the blockchain
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- **Coordinator API**: REST API service for coordinating agent operations and managing system-wide resources
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- **Cross-Chain**: Operations involving multiple blockchain networks or islands
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- **Cross-Chain Transfer**: Moving assets or data between different blockchain networks using bridge protocols
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- **CoW**: Copy-on-Write - A filesystem feature that can cause SQLite corruption when used with database files
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## D
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- **DAO**: Decentralized Autonomous Organization - Governance structure for AITBC network decisions
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- **Distributed Consensus**: Agreement mechanism across multiple nodes in a network
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- **Distributed AI Training**: AI model training distributed across multiple compute providers
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## E
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- **Enterprise AI Agent**: Specialized agent for enterprise-level AI operations and workflows
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- **Edge Compute Agent**: Agent that manages edge computing resources and operations
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## F
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- **Federated Learning Coordinator**: Agent that coordinates federated learning across multiple participants
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- **Follower Agent**: Agent type that monitors blockchain state and maintains synchronization
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- **Failure Recovery**: Stage 10 training covering error handling, recovery procedures, and fault tolerance
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- **Faucet**: A service that provides test tokens for development and testing purposes
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## G
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- **Genesis Agent**: Agent type responsible for blockchain genesis operations and network bootstrap
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- **Genesis Block**: The first block in a blockchain that initializes the network
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- **Genesis Deployment**: Creating and deploying a genesis block to initialize a new blockchain network
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- **GPU Service**: Service for managing GPU resources and compute capacity
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- **Governance Voting**: Mechanism for token holders to vote on network proposals and decisions
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- **Gossip Protocol**: Peer-to-peer communication protocol for message dissemination in the AITBC network
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## H
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- **Hermes**: The AI agent training curriculum and learning system for AITBC agents
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- **HTLC**: Hashed Time-Locked Contract - Smart contract mechanism for atomic cross-chain swaps
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- **Health Check**: Status verification for services and system components
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## I
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- **IPFS**: InterPlanetary File System - Decentralized storage system used by AITBC for content-addressed storage
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- **Island**: An independent blockchain network or chain within the AITBC federated mesh
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- **Island Creation**: Process of creating a new island or independent blockchain network
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- **Identity SDK**: SDK for agent identity management, authentication, and permission handling
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## J
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- **JWT**: JSON Web Token - Authentication token format used for secure API authentication
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- **Job Submission**: Process of submitting AI compute jobs to the AITBC network
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## K
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- **Keystore**: Encrypted file format for storing wallet private keys securely
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- **Knowledge Graph**: Structured representation of knowledge used by specialized agents
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## L
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- **Ledger**: The record of all transactions on the blockchain
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## M
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- **Marketplace**: Platform for trading GPU resources, storage, and other services
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- **Marketplace Bidding**: Competitive bidding mechanism for acquiring marketplace resources
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- **Mining**: Process of validating transactions and creating new blocks to earn block rewards
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- **Multi-Chain**: Operations spanning multiple blockchain networks
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- **Multi-Chain Architecture**: Design patterns for managing assets and operations across multiple chains
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- **Multi-Node**: Operations involving multiple blockchain nodes
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- **Monitoring Agent**: Agent that collects and analyzes system metrics and performance data
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## N
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- **Network Topology**: The structure and arrangement of nodes and connections in the network
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- **Node**: A participant in the blockchain network that runs blockchain software
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## O
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- **Operations Audit**: Review and analysis of training operations coverage and execution records
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- **Ollama**: External AI service integration plugin for local LLM inference
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- **Oracle**: Agent or service that provides external data to the blockchain
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## P
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- **PoS**: Proof-of-Stake - Consensus mechanism where validators stake tokens to participate in block validation
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- **PoW**: Proof-of-Work - Consensus mechanism where miners solve computational puzzles to validate blocks
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- **Portfolio Management**: Agent capability for managing investment portfolios and assets
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- **Plugin**: Extensible software component that adds functionality to the AITBC system
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## R
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- **RPC**: Remote Procedure Call - Protocol for blockchain node communication
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- **Redis**: In-memory data store used for caching and pub/sub messaging
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## S
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- **SDK**: Software Development Kit
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- **Specialized Agent**: Agent type with domain-specific expertise (bounty systems, portfolio management, etc.)
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- **Staking**: Locking tokens to earn rewards and participate in network governance
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- **Staking Validator Agent**: Agent that operates as a validator in the Proof-of-Stake consensus
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- **Scenario**: A documented use case or workflow demonstrating AITBC functionality
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- **Smart Contract**: Self-executing contract with terms directly written into code
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- **Swarm Coordinator**: Agent that manages and coordinates groups of agents (swarms)
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- **Systemd**: Linux service manager for running AITBC services as system daemons
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## T
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- **Transaction**: A transfer of value or data on the blockchain
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- **Transaction Send**: CLI operation for sending transactions on the blockchain
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- **Training Schema**: JSON schema defining the structure and requirements for agent training stages
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- **Training Stage**: A level in the agent training curriculum (Stage 1-11)
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## V
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- **Validator**: A node that participates in consensus by validating transactions and blocks
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- **Validation**: Process of verifying operations, transactions, or training completion
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- **Version Control**: System for managing changes to documentation and code
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## W
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- **Wallet**: Software for managing AIT tokens and signing transactions
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- **Wallet Agent**: Agent type focused on wallet operations
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- **Wallet Balance**: Amount of AIT tokens in a wallet
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- **Wallet Create**: CLI operation for creating a new wallet
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- **Wallet Fund**: Adding tokens to a wallet (deprecated in favor of transaction_send)
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- **Wallet Import**: Importing an existing wallet from a private key
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- **WAL Mode**: Write-Ahead Logging - SQLite journal mode for better concurrency and performance
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## Z
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- **Zero Knowledge Proof**: Cryptographic method for proving knowledge without revealing the knowledge itself
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- **ZK Verification**: Zero-knowledge proof verification process
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## Acronyms Quick Reference
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| Acronym | Full Term |
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| AITBC | Artificial Intelligence Training Blockchain |
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| AIT | AITBC Token |
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| CLI | Command Line Interface |
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| DAO | Decentralized Autonomous Organization |
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| GPU | Graphics Processing Unit |
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| HTLC | Hashed Time-Locked Contract |
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| IPFS | InterPlanetary File System |
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| JWT | JSON Web Token |
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| PoS | Proof-of-Stake |
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| PoW | Proof-of-Work |
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| RPC | Remote Procedure Call |
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| SDK | Software Development Kit |
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| WAL | Write-Ahead Logging |
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| ZK | Zero Knowledge |
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**Related Documentation:**
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- [Agent Training Documentation](agent-training/README.md)
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- [Scenarios Documentation](scenarios/README.md)
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- [Blockchain Documentation](blockchain/README.md)
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