English
Style guide
The canonical written form of 68 Ethereum terms — how each one is spelled and capitalized, which forms to avoid, and what it means.
Allaccounts-keysconsensuscryptographydefidevelopmentethergeneralgovernanceidentitymevprotocol-upgradesscalingsmart-contractstokenstransactions
| Term | Category | Casing | Avoid | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| activation | consensus | standard | ||
| attestation | consensus | standard | ||
| beacon block | consensus | standard | ||
| beacon chain | consensus | standard | ||
| beacon node | consensus | standard | ||
| block builder | consensus | standard | ||
| block proposer | consensus | standard | ||
| builder | consensus | standard | ||
| builder separation | consensus | standard | ||
| Casper-FFG | consensus | fixed | casper ffgcasper FFGCasper FFG | Casper-FFG, Casper the Friendly Finality Gadget |
| checkpoint | consensus | standard | ||
| churn limit | consensus | standard | ||
| committee | consensus | standard | ||
| consensus | consensus | standard | ||
| consensus client | consensus | standard | ||
| consensus layer | consensus | standard | ||
| consensus mechanism | consensus | standard | ||
| consensus rules | consensus | standard | ||
| distributed validator technology (DVT) | consensus | standard | distributed validator technology, DVT | |
| effective balance | consensus | standard | ||
| epoch | consensus | standard | ||
| equivocation | consensus | standard | ||
| execution payload | consensus | standard | ||
| exit | consensus | standard | ||
| finality | consensus | standard | ||
| fork choice algorithm | consensus | standard | ||
| Gasper | consensus | proper | ||
| holographic consensus | consensus | standard | ||
| inactivity leak | consensus | standard | ||
| issuance | consensus | standard | ||
| justified | consensus | standard | ||
| liquid staking | consensus | standard | ||
| liquid staking token (LST) | consensus | standard | LST, liquid staking token, liquid staking tokens | |
| LMD GHOST | consensus | fixed | lmd-ghostLmd Ghost | LMD GHOST, Latest Message Driven Greediest Heaviest Observed SubTree, LMD-GHOST |
| MaxEB | consensus | standard | MaxEB, maximum effective balance | |
| miner | consensus | standard | ||
| mining | consensus | standard | ||
| nothing-at-stake problem | consensus | standard | ||
| pooled staking | consensus | standard | ||
| proof-of-authority (PoA) | consensus | fixed | proof-of-authority, PoA | |
| proof-of-stake (PoS) | consensus | fixed | proof-of-stake, proof of stake, PoS | |
| proposer | consensus | standard | ||
| proposer boost | consensus | standard | ||
| proposer-builder separation (PBS) | consensus | standard | proposer-builder separation, PBS | |
| reorg | consensus | standard | re-org | chain reorganization |
| restaking | consensus | standard | ||
| secret leader election | consensus | standard | secret leader election, SLE | |
| single slot finality | consensus | standard | ||
| slash | consensus | standard | slash, slashing, slashed | |
| slasher | consensus | standard | ||
| slot | consensus | standard | ||
| social slashing | consensus | standard | ||
| solo staking | consensus | standard | ||
| SSLE | consensus | uppercase | single secret leader election | |
| stake | consensus | standard | staked, staker | |
| stake grinding | consensus | standard | ||
| staking | consensus | standard | ||
| staking as a service | consensus | standard | ||
| staking deposit | consensus | standard | ||
| staking pool | consensus | standard | ||
| supermajority | consensus | standard | ||
| sync committee | consensus | standard | ||
| unstaking | consensus | standard | ||
| validator | consensus | standard | ||
| validator lifecycle | consensus | standard | ||
| weak subjectivity | consensus | standard | ||
| withdrawal | consensus | standard | ||
| withdrawal credentials | consensus | standard |
68 terms