Dictionary

This page is dedicated to industry-specific Web3 vocabulary that will appear in this document.

• kOS - The KRNL Operating System. Used when we refer to the entire ecosystem of KRNL. This includes kernels, KRNL nodes, TAs, and more.

• KRNL Platform - A place where users can register kernel(s), smart contracts, and dApps.

• KRNL Sandbox - Example of a dApp that has already integrated KRNL SDK.

• Token Authority (TA) - What is Token Authority?

• Kernel - What are Kernels?

• dApp - Decentralized application

• Tx or tx or TX - blockchain transaction

• Blockchain Transaction [*1] ["simple answer"] Method where the state of the blockchain is changed ["developer answer"] When the function that you call is not a "read" function

• EOA - Externally Owned Account (recommended to explore more on this topic)

• EIP - Ethereum Improvement Proposal (recommended to explore more on this topic)

• RLP - Recursive-length prefix (Read more here)

• KYC - Know Your Customer

• KYT - Know Your Transaction

• PoS - Proof-of-Stake

• PoW - Proof-of-Work

• Minting - Wikipedia entry

• ERC-20 - Read more about ERC-20 here

• ERC-721 - Read more about ERC-721 here

• ERC-1155 - Read more about ERC-1155 here

• Function Signature - function signature (EVM) is in the form as in the code block below. This will be used during kernel registration.

function FunctionName(param1_type,param2_type)

• Function Selector - The first 4 bytes of the hash from function signature

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[*1] It would be worth your time if you read and explore more about blockchain transaction. The given explanation is intentionally for speeding up the process of learning and understanding the overview of Web3.