🎓Glossary of Terms

Useful Terms

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A principled set of conditions that must be carried out in order to pass a proposal.

An attempt to perform an Action with a Swarm which only occurs after consensus is reached.

Votes are casted by members of a Swarm to determine the outcome's of proposals.

Hive

A Swarm's page that you use to interact with your Swarm.

Members Table

The list of members in a Swarm- Found under the "Voters" menu of any swarm.

LP Token

A Liquidity Provider Token received when a DAO adds liquidity to A DEX.

Liquidity

Storing assets in Liquidity Pools at a DEX

DEX

Decentralized Exchange

KDS

KDS DEX

KDX

KDX DEX

DAO

Decentralized Autonomous Organization

Gas

Kadena Miner/Transaction Fee

There are 4 types of DAO's at Swarms.Finance- Equal / Weighted / Controlled / Custom. Each DAO type functions a little differently.

The % of members or weight required to pass a proposal.

The % of Weight required to pass a proposal.

The % of members required to vote in order to pass a proposal.

Weight

Voting Power in a Weighted DAO. In a Weighted type DAO members gain Weight when they deposit assets into the Swarm.

Total Weight

A Weighted Type DAO's total amount of weight from all member deposits.

The number of proposals a member can make per day in a Swarm.

The minimum amount of time a proposal must run, allowing people to vote, before it expires at a Swarm.

A DAO that represents a true democracy where everyone is equal, has equal voting power, and can create proposals. Consensus is achieved when a certain number of Swarm members vote for a proposal.

A DAO where members have more voting power depending on their deposits made into the DAO. All members can create and vote over proposals. Consensus is reached when a certain amount of Weight and Members vote for a proposal.

A DAO focused around a leader, the Swarm Creator. The Swarm Creator has special permissions and can add/remove members at anytime. The Swarm Creator must pick which members are allowed to create proposals. Consensus is reached when a certain number of members vote for a proposal.

A DAO with a hierarchy of roles and permissions. Some members may be able to vote and create proposals over some things, while others may not depending on their Role. Consensus is reached when a certain number of members vote for a proposal.

In a Controlled DAO, roles are what allow Swarm members to perform Swarm Actions. A role may or may not be able to create a proposal for a Swarm Action, or vote for a Swarm Action, or both.

A Task/Operation that is executed after a proposal is created and consensus is reached by the Swarm.

Proposal Permissions

The ability for a Swarm member to create proposals.

Grant Permissions

Granting special permissions to a Swarm member so they can create proposals at a Controlled Type DAO.

Custom Action

A Custom Swarm Action that was not created by Swarms.Finance.

A DAO built at Swarms.Finance.

The first person who sets up the Swarm- In a Controlled DAO the Swarm Creator has special abilities.

A DAO account that holds a specific asset.

Chain

A Kadena chain

Multichain

Existing on multiple chains

To copy a Swarm to another chain.

Poll

A multi-choice proposal.

A message posted to a Swarm's message board.

Account

Your Account at DAO- You can be added to multiple DAOs.

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