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Colabonate is explicitly Bitcoin-only. Terms like "Smart Contract" (in the Ethereum sense),
"NFT", "ERC-721", "Solana", or "Polygon" do not apply to this stack and are not used.
Bitcoin-native equivalents are listed at the bottom of this document.
Core Terms
Term
Definition
Ticket
Central interaction object — represents a contract between parties. Tracks payment, status, and deliverables.
Offer
A seller's listing in the marketplace, published as a Nostr Kind 30017 event.
Escrow
Trustless payment handling via Lightning Hold Invoices (no third party holds keys). See escrow-protocol.md.
LNURL-Auth
Passwordless authentication via Lightning wallet (LUD-04). No email, no password.
Nostr
Decentralized protocol for events and messages (no central server). All protocol state changes are published as Nostr events.
Pubkey
Public key = user identity. One Lightning wallet generates one pubkey per service domain.
k1
Challenge string for LNURL-Auth (random, single-use nonce).
Sats
Satoshi — smallest Bitcoin unit (1 BTC = 100,000,000 sats). All payments in Colabonate are denominated in sats.
Soulbound
Non-transferable credential bound to a pubkey via Nostr event signature. Cannot be bought, sold, or transferred.
Relay
Nostr server that routes and stores events. Not a central service — the protocol works with any NIP-01 compliant relay.
Hold Invoice
A BOLT11 Lightning invoice that is not automatically settled — funds are held in transit until the invoice holder manually settles or cancels. Used for escrow.
Biotoken
A cryptographic hash of biometric data generated on-device. The hash is one-way — the original biometric cannot be recovered from it.
Lightspark Grid
Enterprise-grade Lightning Network infrastructure with automatic pathfinding and liquidity management. The Performance Layer of Colabonate's three-layer payment stack.
Spark Stablecoins
Lightning-native price-stable assets (USD, EUR etc.) transferred over Lightspark Grid. Optional payment currency — all protocol fees remain in sats.
Unified Wallet
The user-facing abstraction of Colabonate's three-layer payment stack (L1 / Lightspark / RSK). Automatically routes payments to the correct layer.
Codex Fork
A Bitcoin-based economic sub-unit created by a HID-verified user on RSK. Governed by a referenced Codex, trades exclusively on the RSK contract layer. Used for project financing, cooperative funds, and other regulated economic instruments.
RBTC
Native token of the RSK sidechain. 1:1 pegged to Bitcoin via two-way peg. Used for gas fees on RSK. No ETH involved.
NIP-57 Zap
Nostr Lightning payment event (tipping, micro-rewards). Supported via Lightspark Grid in Phase 2.
Rating Ticket
A formal ticket type for structured feedback after a completed transaction. Triggers a Nostr Kind 30024 event and COL-Points award upon mutual submission.
Return Ticket
A ticket type for product returns and refund processes initiated by the buyer within the seller's defined return window.
Identity Terms
Term
Definition
HID
Human Identity — the Colabonate 4-level identity system (Level 0–3). Level 3 uses Humanode biometric verification.
Identity Level
One of four trust tiers (0 = anonymous, 1 = Nostr profile, 2 = peer verified, 3 = HID verified). Higher levels unlock more protocol features.
Humanode Biomapper
External biometric ZK proof system used for Identity Level 3. Proves uniqueness (one person, one HID) without storing biometric data.
Proximity Proof
A Nostr Kind 30026 event published by a verifier after an in-person encounter with a subject. Two proximity proofs from different verifiers = Identity Level 2.
1P1V
One Person One Vote — a governance voting model requiring Identity Level 3 (HID verified). Each verified human has exactly one vote, regardless of token holdings.
Reputation Terms
Term
Definition
COL-Points
Off-chain, non-transferable reputation accumulation. Earned through protocol participation (completed tickets, reviews, governance). Cannot be purchased.
COLA Token
Transferable governance token on RSK (Bitcoin sidechain). Used for token-weighted governance voting and staking. Not a currency — all payments remain in sats.
Reputation Score
A float (0.0–5.0) computed from star reviews, completion rate, dispute history, and COL-Points. Publicly visible on Nostr.
Soulbound Event
A Nostr event that functions as a non-transferable credential (e.g. identity verification, mediator badge). Soulbound via pubkey binding.
Governance Terms
Term
Definition
Codex
The constitutional framework of a DAO — defines rules, voting procedures, dispute resolution, and sanction levels.
Codex Fork
A community DAO that creates its own Codex, optionally based on the Foundation Codex as a template.
DAO
Decentralized Autonomous Organization. In Colabonate: a community governed by a published Codex and Nostr-based voting. Not an EVM DAO — governance is via Nostr events.
Foundation DAO
The Colabonate Foundation's own DAO, which governs the protocol specification itself.
Community DAO
A user-created DAO with a custom Codex. Independent of the Foundation DAO. See dao-creation-protocol.md.
Liquid Democracy
Delegation model: token holders can delegate their governance vote to a delegate for 90 days, revocable anytime.
Quorum
Minimum percentage of eligible voters who must participate for a governance vote to be valid.
Protocol Registry
A Nostr-based registry of community-published protocol extensions and workflow templates (Phase 5).
Royalty Ticket
A ticket type that automatically distributes a sat-denominated fee to a protocol author each time their community protocol is used (Phase 5).
Roles
Role
Description
Status
Initiator
Creates offers, pays into escrow, initiates cooperation
Phase 1
Partner
Accepts ticket, delivers service or goods, receives payment
Phase 1
Mediator
Community expert, mediates disputes at Level 2
Phase 3
Arbitrator
DAO juror, decides disputes at Level 3
Phase 4
Observer
Reads public offers, views reputation
Phase 1
Note: In the Phase 1 core flow, roles are represented as sellerPubkey (Initiator) and buyerPubkey (Partner). Both roles are generalized to Initiator/Partner in the broader protocol spec to support cooperation use cases where both parties are equal.