Glossary Terms Starting with N

Node Bootstrapping

Node bootstrapping is the process by which a new or reset blockchain node obtains trusted network configuration, finds peers, downloads chain data,…

Node Client

A node client is a software implementation of blockchain networking, validation, consensus, execution, storage, and API rules for operating a node. Some…

Node Connectivity

Node connectivity is the quality and diversity of a blockchain node’s active communication links with peers and dependent services. It includes the…

Node Database

A node database is the local persistent data store used by blockchain client software to maintain blocks, headers, state, indexes, receipts, peer…

Node Emulator

A node emulator reproduces selected blockchain node interfaces and behavior for local development, integration testing, demonstrations, or failure simulation. Emulation is usually…

Node Failure

A node failure is a condition in which a blockchain node can no longer perform one or more required functions correctly. The…

Node Health

Node health is the combined operational condition of a blockchain node across synchronization, connectivity, database integrity, resource usage, software status, and role-specific…

Node Identity

Node identity is the cryptographic or protocol-level identifier a blockchain node uses to authenticate itself to peers and maintain a recognizable network…

Node Key

A node key is the cryptographic private key a blockchain node uses to establish or prove its peer-to-peer identity. Its public component…

Node Latency

Node latency is the delay experienced when a blockchain node receives, processes, propagates, or responds to protocol and application data. It can…

Node Operator Staker

A node operator staker commits or delegates stake to support a node operator's participation, security obligations, or eligibility for rewards. The relationship…

Node Provider

A node provider offers managed blockchain nodes, RPC endpoints, APIs, indexing, or infrastructure so applications can access networks without operating every component.…

Node Pruning

Node pruning is the controlled deletion of blockchain data that a node no longer needs for its configured role, while retaining enough…

Node Recovery

Node recovery is the controlled restoration of a failed, corrupted, compromised, or outdated blockchain node to a verified operational state. Recovery can…

Node Restart

A node restart is the stopping and starting of blockchain client software or its host while preserving the node’s configured identity, keys,…

Node Snapshot

A node snapshot is a point-in-time representation of blockchain state or node data used to accelerate bootstrapping, backup, migration, or recovery. It…

Node Storage

Node storage is the persistent and temporary disk capacity used by blockchain client software for blocks, state, indexes, receipts, logs, snapshots, caches,…

Node.js Payment SDK

A Node.js payment SDK provides server-side JavaScript methods and models for creating, tracking, validating, and managing payment-provider operations. Node.js Payment SDK must…

Non-Custodial Crypto Payment

A non-custodial crypto payment is a payment flow in which the payment service does not take ongoing control of the merchant's or…

Non-Custodial Wallet

A non-custodial wallet is a wallet in which the user retains the signing authority needed to control assets rather than relying on…

Non-Deterministic Wallet

A non-deterministic wallet generates and stores unrelated private keys individually instead of deriving them reproducibly from one hierarchical root seed. For Non-Deterministic…

Non-Expiring Crypto Payment Link

A non-expiring crypto payment link is a reusable or long-lived checkout URL that remains available without a fixed short payment-session expiry, subject…

Non-Fungible Token (NFT)

A Non-Fungible Token is a blockchain asset identified by a unique token ID, object, or asset record rather than an interchangeable balance.…

Non-Standard ERC-20 Token

A non-standard ERC-20 token is a token that resembles or claims compatibility with ERC-20 but deviates from expected interface or behavioral conventions.…