kesKeyHours Key-Evolving Signature: mechanism for securing chain selection process in Ouroboros proof-of-stake
kesKeyMinutes
kesKeyMinutes Key-Evolving Signature: mechanism for securing chain selection process in Ouroboros proof-of-stake
label
Update proposal label for humans (do not confuse with the actual update proposal identifier)
operationalPeriodsPerEpoch
operationalPeriodsPerEpoch, Epoch: Long time scale in Ouroboros, epochs are composed of many slots
slotDuration
slotDuration, Slot: Atomic time unit in Ouroboros, smallest piece of time (~1 second for Topl, 2 for Cardano)
slotGapLeaderElection
gap of non-eligibility after a block is minted
vrfAmplitude
vrfAmplitude
vrfBaselineDifficulty
vrfBaselineDifficulty
vrfLddCutoff
vrfLddCutoff Verifiable Random Function: mechanism for leader election in Ouroboros proof-of-stake Local dynamic difficulty, Short timescale variation of the block production eligibility threshold.