validators
Systems confirming correctness
Validators are people or things that confirm something meets required standards or is legitimate.
In computing, validators check that data conforms to expected formats: The form validator rejected my email address.
In blockchain systems, validators verify and approve transactions.
More generally, a validator is anyone who affirms that something—or someone—is valid: She needed validators to confirm her experience was real.
Attestation of qualification
- accreditationOfficial quality approval
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- conformanceAdherence to requirements
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
auditors · inspectors · governance · regulatory · oversight · enforcement · licensing · authorization
Formal accounts examination
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- cross-checkVerify by comparing sources
- scrutinyClose, careful examination
corroboration · proof · substantiation · testing · inspection · examination · checksums · hashing
One who decides
- arbiterOne who settles disputes
- refereeSports rule enforcer
- umpireSports match official
- arbitratorOne who resolves disputes
mediator · assessor · reviewer · examiner · tribunal · panel · jury · ruling
Points of connection
- stakingRisking something valuable
- consensusGeneral group agreement
- proof-of-stakeConsensus via locked collateral
- delegatorsThose who distribute tasks
rewards · slashing · epoch · attestation · finality · network · decentralization · Ethereum
certification
Attestation of qualification
- accreditationOfficial quality approval
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- conformanceAdherence to requirements
regulations · auditors · inspectors · governance · regulatory · oversight · enforcement · licensing · authorization · approval
audit
Formal accounts examination
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- cross-checkVerify by comparing sources
scrutiny · corroboration · proof · substantiation · testing · inspection · examination · checksums · hashing · signatures
judge
One who decides
arbitrator · mediator · assessor · reviewer · examiner · tribunal · panel · jury · ruling · decision
nodes
Points of connection
- stakingRisking something valuable
- consensusGeneral group agreement
- proof-of-stakeConsensus via locked collateral
delegators · rewards · slashing · epoch · attestation · finality · network · decentralization · Ethereum · governance
- examinersinspectors, examiner, reviewers, inspector, auditors
- cryptoBitcoin, Ethereum, blockchain, cryptocurrency, tokens
- blockchainblockchain, blocks, chains, hashes, hash
- Ethereumsmart contracts, staking, proof of stake, sharding, nodes
- OpenStreetMapnodes, ways, relations, tags, mappers
- web frameworkscontrollers, models, views, routing, middleware
validatorsrejectors
Those who decline offers
deniers · invalidators · refuters · disqualifiers · challengers
validatorscorruptors
Those who debase others
corrupters · saboteurs · falsifiers · contaminators · adulterators
validatorsinvalidators
Those who void
belittlers · critics · detractors · gaslighters · underminers