Definitions in alphabetical order
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| A-class instrument | Defined assignment, transfer or specifically documented economic right. |
| ADAM | The BTG governance and protected-state transition layer. |
| Asset | The specific defined dataset, method, algorithm or other subject being described. |
| Asset-focused issuer | A legal entity whose commercial strategy centres on a particular asset. |
| Assurance | Evidence appropriate to the exact scope of a claim. |
| Authority | Legitimate permission from the correct legal/technical decision-maker. |
| BTDU | BTG’s reconstructive knowledge and semantic view system. |
| Bridge | The permissioned data connection and intake component. |
| Candidate | A proposed output that has not yet passed all required tests and review. |
| Capitalization | Issued ownership units, rights and financing structure of a company. |
| Chain of title | Evidence showing who legally acquired and controls relevant rights. |
| Circuit | An assembled set of compatible computational capabilities. |
| Circuit Genome | A versioned record of an executable assembly and its dependencies. |
| Consent | Meaningful permission for a stated collection, use or disclosure. |
| DCO | A proposed BTG data capital object/asset offering reference; not itself proof of legal securities classification. |
| DataChip | A reusable identified computational capability with explicit behavioural boundaries. |
| Disclosure | Information given so a buyer, reviewer or investor can understand facts, risks and rights. |
| ENTITY | BTG’s separately public identity, evidence, provenance and rights infrastructure. |
| Exchange | Here, the proposed Bit Trade Global market architecture; not an already recognized market venue. |
| FarmNode | A defined computational research laboratory; may be logical or physically deployed. |
| Fiat reconciliation | Matching actual money transfers to legitimate transaction records. |
| Genome | A versioned recipe or assembly description. |
| Hash | Integrity fingerprint that must be tied to an authentic reference. |
| Holdout test | Independent challenge examples not used to prepare a proposed solution. |
| I-class instrument | A legally issued investment security, not automatically a raw-data ownership token. |
| Issuer | Legal person or entity responsible for the stated financial instrument. |
| KYC | Identity and investor/customer due-diligence controls where required. |
| Licence | Contractual permission to use something within defined limits. |
| Liquidity | Ability to sell an instrument under lawful and practical market conditions. |
| Logical node | Configured software unit, not necessarily a separate computer. |
| Marketplace recognition | A legally applicable decision/authority for operating a securities venue. |
| NIKI | Autonomous research and invention candidate generation and evaluation programme. |
| Oracle | Independent reference that measures whether a candidate output is correct. |
| PIPA | British Columbia Personal Information Protection Act applicable to many private-sector organizations. |
| Privacy minimization | Collection and release only of information actually necessary for a stated purpose. |
| Production-qualified | Successfully completed relevant end-to-end operational, security and authority acceptance gates. |
| Prospectus exemption | A narrowly applicable legal pathway that does not automatically waive registration or venue rules. |
| Provenance | Evidence describing the origin and history of a particular record or result. |
| Regulated security | A legal investment interest whose obligations follow applicable securities law. |
| Revocation | Ending future permitted access or actions subject to applicable law and agreements. |
| Rights Passport | BTG’s intended public-facing explanation of permissions, restrictions and contractual rights. |
| Semantic view | An interpretation/index of authoritative material without changing its source. |
| Settlement | Legally and financially completing a transaction according to its obligations. |
| Ticker | An identifying market symbol, not evidence of issued legal rights. |
| U-class instrument | Contractual permission for commercial use of a capability or data asset. |
| Valuation | Supported estimate of economic value, with assumptions, comparisons and uncertainty. |
| Verification | Testing a specific assertion against reliable evidence. |
| Youth safeguarding | Policies, screening and supervision used to protect workshop participants. |
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