POTLOCK Terms Glossary: Technical and User Terms

Technical terms

• Quadratic funding: mechanism that amplifies smaller donors via matching.
• Nada.bot: sybil contract aggregator and verifiable credential platform.
• Factory contract: deploys contracts of same pattern (~5 NEAR per deploy).
• DAO: decentralized autonomous organization (e.g. Sputnik v2 on NEAR).
• SocialDB: data on social.near; powers BOS widgets and social features.
• Sybil attack: using fake identities to gain outsized control.

Users

• Pots = funding rounds (with or without QF matching).
• Chef: round manager who approves and runs the round.
• Donor / supporter: verified human (e.g. via Nada.bot) who can donate for matching.
• Patron: contributes to matching pool.
• User: on platform, may not yet be verified.
• Observer: not logged in.