Glossary

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Account
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Contract
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DAO	Decentral Autonomous Organization
DTH	DAO Token Holder
DPOS	Delegated-proof-of-stake is a consensus mechanism used to secure a blockchain
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EC	Ethereum Computer
Extra Balance	Special "managed" account, in which the amount of ETH is stored which exceeds the price of 1 ETH = 100 DAO Tokens in the creation phase
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FUD	Fear, Uncertanty and Doubt
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Hash

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IoT	Internet of Things
IoS	Internet of Sharing

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Keccak	Family of strong hashing algorithms designed by Guido Bertoni, Joan Daemen, Michaël Peeters, and Gilles Van Assche
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Legal
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Oracle	Mechanism to make information from the real world accesible to the blockchain
OTC	Over The Counter
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Quorum	The minimum number of votes required for a proposal to get accepted (additionally the positive votes must be higher then the negative votes)
Quorum halving	If the quorum is not reached after a certain time, it is halved
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Reward Token
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SHA-3	Strong hashing algorithm from the Keccak family
Smart Contract
Split	Create a child DAO and move some funds there
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TCP	Token controlled participation. Mechanism by which any user who wants to join an ongoing process involving the DAO has to prove he owns tokens.
Token
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USN	Universal Sharing Network
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The DAO