Glossary
This page outlines the terms covered in KAS Docs.
| Terms | Descriptions |
|---|---|
| Account Key | Pair(s) of public/private key managed by Wallet API service for signing transactions. |
| Account Pool | Storage created in the KAS Console, to which each account belongs and has a unique KRN value. |
| Asset | An image or video file is uploaded when minting NFT or MT. |
| Alias | An alias available in place of the contract address. Allowed characters are lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens, and the first letter of an alias is limited to lowercase letters. |
| Coin | A cryptocurrency issued on its blockchain platform. It is different from "token" and often called as "native token". |
| Create | KIP-37 token creation, which can only be done once per token ID. (c.f. Mint Token) |
| Cursor | A pointer that indicates the start for the next lookup returned when retrieving information. |
| Decimals | The number of decimal places that the token unit can be divided to the maximum. |
| Deployer | An account automatically created when deploying a KIP-7 or KIP-37 contract. It is set as the default account in contract-related tasks. |
| EOA | Externally Owned Account handled by pair(s) of public/private key, see Kaia's account. |
| FT | Fungible tokens that have properties of uniformity and divisibility. Every fungible token is interchangeable as each token unit possesses the same value. |
| Kaia | The blockchain platform which integrated Klaytn with Finschia. |
| KAIA | The default virtual asset used in Kaia. It is used to pay transaction fees when creating/executing smart contracts and transferring KAIA. |
| Klaytn | The former name of Kaia blockchain platform before its hard fork. Curretnly, it is operating as Kaia blockchain after integration with Finschia. |
| KLAY | The former default virtual asset used in Klaytn. Curretnly, it is called as KAIA instead. |
| KIP-7 | A fungible token standard for Kaia. FT is a token that can all have the same value and exchange. |
| KIP-17 | A non-fungible token standard for Kaia. NFT is a special type of token that represents a unique asset. |
| KIP-37 | A multi-token standard for Kaia. A single deployed contract may include any combination of fungible tokens, non-fungible tokens, or other configurations. |
| KRN | Abbreviation for KAS Resource Name, an identifier for specifying a resource to request. Mainly used for a specific account store. |
| Metadata | Information such as name and description of tokens uploaded when minting NFT or MT. |
| Mint | Issuing tokens. In the case of KIP-37, minting is after creation. |
| MultiSig | The act of signing a single transaction with multiple Kaia account keys. |
| Network Chain ID | Kaia chain ID; 1001 for Kairos, and 8217 for mainnet. |
| NFT | Abbreviation for Non-fungible Token, a unique token with a unique identifier. |
| RLP | Abbreviation for Recursive Length Prefix, an encoding/decoding algorithm that helps Ethereum to serialize data and possible to reconstruct them quickly. |
| Smart Contract | A set of code that executes a specific instruction. Transaction transfer calls the contract, which must deploy for minting KIP tokens. |
| Status | Transaction status. init indicates a pre-sent state, 'submitted' indicates submitted state, and 'deployed' indicates deployed state. |
| Symbol | The symbol of a token contract with 3-4 capital letters. |
| Token | Cryptocurrency issued on other blockchain platforms without its mainnet. Distinguished from "coins". |
| Transaction Hash | A transaction identifier to get the transaction status. |
| Threshold | The minimum value of multi-sig key weight required to transfer a multi-sig transaction. |
| Wallet API | The API which manages transation, key, and account. |
| Resource | The resource which KAS service such as account and key use. |
| Weight | The weight set for each multi-sig key when signing multi-signature transactions. |