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A printout of the definitions and resources below were handed out to the attendees of [Overview of the EOS Ecosystem](https://steemit.com/dlive/@eos.detroit/55b5dfb4-231d-11e8-8cbf-0242ac110002). Feel free to reuse these at your own local meetup or to give your friends and family a quick reference sheet.

**Glossary**
accountability - verifiability leads to improved trustworthiness.
airdrop - distributing tokens to holders of another token.
alignment of interest - creating incentives that benefit the individual and the community.
application-specific blockchain - business logic exists in the core protocol.
asymmetric cryptography - public and private crypto keypair used to establish an identity.
arbitration - an alternative method for resolving disputes.
bandwidth economics - allocation of network resources based on staked tokens.
block - a set of finalized transactions.
block interval - the amount of time between blocks.
block producer - a node that digitally signs blocks to include into the blockchain history.
block reward - the payment that is earned for signing a block.
business logic - defines how data in an application is created, used, and transformed.
CommonAccord - a project creating a standard for representing existing legal codes in software.
community - members of a population that have some common bond or goal.
consensus algorithm - used to enable a distributed system to come to agreement.
consolidation - a phenomena whereby influence centralizes in the hands of a few.
content piracy - accessing content without paying for it.
Daniel Larimer - inventor of DPoS, CTO of block.one, chief architect of EOS.IO software.
decentralized exchange - an exchange protocol built into a blockchain network.
full node - a node in a blockchain network that has a full copy of all the data.
generalized blockchain - blockchain architecture that can implement any business logic.
ICO - a common method for raising funds enabled by tokens.
immutable ledger - a historical record that cannot have information removed from it.
irreversible public record - open blockchains enable this.
internet of value - emergent phenomena enabling value to be transferred via internet.
ipfs - interplanetary file system, a protocol for addressing internet resources by content.
market cap - overall valuation of a financial instrument; applies to blockchain networks.
named accounts - blockchain primitive that allows your address to be a user name.
Nick Szabo - theorized and coined the term “smart contracts.”
nothing at stake - a proof of stake vulnerability.
password key - public/private keypair that is derived from a password string.
peer-to-peer network - digital network where participants directly with each other.
proof-of-brain - distribution mechanism of Steem where content creators earn tokens.
protocol - standard “rules” for communication.
Ricardian contracts - method for digitizing legal contracts
Satoshi Nakamoto - the anonymous inventor of Bitcoin.
shared ownership - a use case DACs enable en masse.
smart contracts - allow the performance of credible transactions without third parties.
source code - code files  written by a developer or a team.
stablecoins - tokens that approximate the value of a real world asset.
stake - another word for token or coin.
signature (digital) - a way of cryptographically asserting identity.
tech giants - Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google, Uber, Airbnb, etc.
token - scarce property that is accounted for in a blockchain network.
transactions per second (TPS) - a metric for measuring the throughput of a system.
transparency - wide open for the world to see.
validators - another name for a block producer, miner, witness (all the same thing).
VM - virtual machine. An emulation of a computer system. 
wallet - a client for interacting with and protecting private keys.
WebAssembly - a VM/standard for executing fast code on the web.
web of trust - reputation derived from other people vouching for you.

**EOS conceptual resources**
EOS: An Introduction http://www.iang.org/papers/EOS_An_Introduction-BLACK-EDITION.pdf
EOS.IO Storage whitepaper https://github.com/EOSIO/Documentation/raw/master/EOS.IO%20Storage.pdf

Explanation of BFT+DPoS Pt. 1 by Dan Larimer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs1dyZFhIr4

Explanation of BFT+DPoS Pt. 2 by Dan Larimer
https://youtu.be/57hfF4o4-2A

EOS Resource Allocation explainer  by Dan Larimer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6CTRdx6NVE

**EOS developer resources**
EOS.IO Github https://github.com/EOSIO/eos
Smart contracts wiki https://github.com/EOSIO/eos/wiki/Smart-Contract
Smart contract API reference https://eosio.github.io/eos/group__contractdev.html
Standardized Currencies on EOS.IO software by Bart Wyatt https://vimeo.com/253072484
EOS Developers Telegram: https://t.me/joinchat/EgOVjkPktgfUS3kt14FStw
EOS Index (List of current EOS projects): https://t.me/eosindex
EOS Community Test Network: https://t.me/CommunityTestnet

**EOS community links**
EOS General Chat (English): https://t.me/EOSproject
EOS Go Announcements: https://t.me/eosgo_announcements
EOS Block Producers: https://t.me/EOSPros
EOS Governance: https://t.me/EOSGov
EOS DAC Creators: https://t.me/EOSDAC
EOS Opportunities: https://t.me/eos_opportunities
EOS on twitter: https://twitter.com/@eos_io

**Detroit community links**
Detroit Blockchainers: https://www.meetup.com/Detroit-Blockchainers/
EOS Detroit: https://eosdetroit.com
EOS Detroit Twitter: https://twitter.com/eosiodetroit
EOS Detroit Steem: https://steemit.com/@eos.detroit