Algorand

Algorand is a proof-of-stake blockchain cryptocurrency protocol.

BLAKE2b

BLAKE2 is a cryptographic hash function based on BLAKE. The design goal was to replace the widely used, but broken, MD5 and SHA-1 algorithms in applications requiring high performance in software.

BLS

BLS stands for Boneh–Lynn–Shacham cryptographic signature scheme, which is a cryptographic signature scheme which allows a user to verify that a signer is authentic.

CBOR

CBOR stands for the Concise Binary Object Representation, which is a data format whose design goals include the possibility of extremely small code size, fairly small message size, and extensibility without the need for version negotiation.

CID

CID is short for Content Identifier, a self describing content address used throughout the IPFS ecosystem. CIDs are used in Filecoin to identify files submitted to the decentralized storage network. For more detailed information, see the github documentation for it.

IPLD

IPLD stands for InterPlanetary Linked Data, which is a series of standards and formats for describing data in a content-addressing-emphatic way.

JWT

JWT stands for JSON Web Token, which is a proposed Internet standard for creating data with optional signature and/or optional encryption whose payload holds JSON that asserts some number of claims. The tokens are signed either using a private secret or a public/private key.

SECP

types of elliptic curves used for ECDSA see here

multisig

A multi-signature (multisig) wallet refers to a wallet that requires multiple keys to authorize a FIL transactions.

Tipset

Tipset is a structure that contains a non-empty collection of blocks that have distinct miners and all specify identical epoch, parents, weight, height, state root, receipt root

Tipsetkey

A set of CIDs forming a unique key for a tipset.

mempool

mempool stands for the Message Pool, which is the component of forest that handles pending messages for inclusion in the chain. Messages are added either directly for locally published messages or through pubsub propagation.

Merkle

Merkle tree is a tree in which every node is labelled with the cryptographic hash of a data block, and every node that is not a leaf (called a branch, inner node, or inode) is labelled with the cryptographic hash of the labels of its child nodes. A hash tree allows efficient and secure verification of the contents of a large data structure.

IPFS

IPFS stands for InterPlanetary File System which is a peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol to make the web faster, safer, and more open.

Proof of Spacetime (PoSt)

PoSt stands for Proof-of-Spacetime is a procedure by which a storage-miner can prove to the Filecoin network they have stored and continue to store a unique copy of some data on behalf of the network for a period of time.

HAMT

HAMT stands for Hash array mapped trie, which is an implementation of an associative array that combines the characteristics of a hash table and an array mapped trie.

VRF

VRF stands for a Verifiable Random Function that receives a Secret Key (SK) and a seed and outputs proof of correctness and output value. VRFs must yield a proof of correctness and a unique & efficiently verifiable output.

MDNS

MDNS stands for Multicast DNS, which is a protocol, that resolves hostnames to IP addresses within small networks that do not include a local name server.

Kademlia

Kademlia is a distributed hash table for decentralized peer-to-peer computer networks.

LibP2P

LibP2P is a modular system of protocols, specifications and libraries that enable the development of peer-to-peer network applications.