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Glossary

A short glossary of the terms these docs use precisely — determinism, the codex, checkpoints, the settlement root, recipient-bound claims, the board-graph and more — so the language stays unambiguous.

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A short glossary of the terms these docs use precisely, so the language stays unambiguous.

#Engine terms

Determinism: the property that identical inputs always produce byte-identical state, on every machine.
Sub-unit: the fixed-point unit of board space; 65,536 make one board unit.
Tick: one step of the simulation at a fixed 120 Hz.
State hash: an FNV-1a hash of the serialized world; two engines that agree match it every tick.
Checkpoint: a (tick, state hash) pair captured periodically for verification.
Sim version: the pinned physics/state-layout version; a mismatch is rejected before simulating.
Parity: the guarantee that native and WASM builds fold to the same rollup hash.

#Proof & chain terms

Input-log: the roster plus every signed shot — the authoritative record of a match.
Codex: the content-addressed replay artifact (inputs + identity), pinned to IPFS.
Codex root: the 32-byte Merkle root of the codex that lands on-chain.
Settlement root: the Merkle root of the payouts a match commits at settle.
Recipient-bound claim: a payout leaf only the rightful wallet can redeem.
Commit-reveal: committing a randomness root up front, revealing the seed after the roster is frozen.
Challenge window: the period in which anyone can file an on-chain mismatch proof against a settlement.

#Network terms

Board-graph: the organic connected graph of player boards, sized to the roster.
Relay: the authenticated WebSocket match-room server; the fallback and signaling path.
Mesh: the capped set of direct WebRTC channels between reachable human rivals.
Observer: a read-only spectator on the relay — no seat, no session key.
Culling: drawing and reasoning over only a client's local neighborhood of boards.
Interest management: scoping snapshot fan-out to players on or adjacent to a board.

#Engine terms

Determinism

the property that identical inputs always produce byte-identical state, on every machine.

Sub-unit

the fixed-point unit of board space; 65,536 make one board unit.

Tick

one step of the simulation at a fixed 120 Hz.

State hash

an FNV-1a hash of the serialized world; two engines that agree match it every tick.

Checkpoint

a (tick, state hash) pair captured periodically for verification.

Sim version

the pinned physics/state-layout version; a mismatch is rejected before simulating.

Parity

the guarantee that native and WASM builds fold to the same rollup hash.

#Proof & chain terms

Input-log

the roster plus every signed shot — the authoritative record of a match.

Codex

the content-addressed replay artifact (inputs + identity), pinned to IPFS.

Codex root

the 32-byte Merkle root of the codex that lands on-chain.

Settlement root

the Merkle root of the payouts a match commits at settle.

Recipient-bound claim

a payout leaf only the rightful wallet can redeem.

Commit-reveal

committing a randomness root up front, revealing the seed after the roster is frozen.

Challenge window

the period in which anyone can file an on-chain mismatch proof against a settlement.

#Network terms

Board-graph

the organic connected graph of player boards, sized to the roster.

Relay

the authenticated WebSocket match-room server; the fallback and signaling path.

Mesh

the capped set of direct WebRTC channels between reachable human rivals.

Observer

a read-only spectator on the relay — no seat, no session key.

Culling

drawing and reasoning over only a client's local neighborhood of boards.

Interest management

scoping snapshot fan-out to players on or adjacent to a board.