Settlement Time
Settlement time is the clock time or elapsed duration at which settlement occurs or is expected to occur. The term can refer…
Glossary terms starting with S
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Settlement Token
A settlement token is a digital token used to discharge obligations on a blockchain or tokenized financial platform. It may represent a…
Settlement Transfer
A settlement transfer is the movement of funds, securities, or digital assets that discharges a settlement obligation between accounts or participants. It…
Settlement Verification
Settlement verification is the process of confirming that settlement occurred according to the expected parties, asset, amount, destination, timing, and finality rules.…
Settlement Visibility
Settlement visibility is the ability to see the current and historical state of settlement obligations, instructions, balances, timing, fees, exceptions, and final…
Settlement Webhook
Settlement Webhook is an asynchronous notification that reports a material change in a settlement instruction, batch, transfer, or settlement status. It communicates…
Settlement Window
A settlement window is a defined period during which settlement instructions are accepted, processed, funded, or finalized. Windows are set by system…
Shadow API
Shadow API is an API, endpoint, version, or service that is active but missing from the organization’s authoritative inventory, ownership model, security…
Shamir Backup
A Shamir backup splits a secret into multiple shares so a chosen threshold can reconstruct it while fewer shares remain insufficient. The…
Shard Validator
A shard validator verifies and helps finalize transactions or data assigned to a particular shard under the network's validator-allocation rules. Networks may…
Sharded Wallet
A sharded wallet distributes key material, signing responsibility, data, or account operations across multiple components rather than one central wallet instance. The…
Sharding
Sharding is a scaling technique that partitions data or computation so multiple network subsets can process different workloads in parallel. Designs vary…
Shareable Payment Link
A shareable payment link is a hosted checkout URL intended for distribution through email, messaging, social media, websites, invoices, or support conversations.…
Shared Custody
Shared custody divides asset-control or recovery authority between multiple parties so no single participant controls the entire arrangement alone. Reliable operation of…
Shared Mempool
A shared mempool is a transaction pool whose contents are propagated or jointly maintained among multiple block producers, sequencers, or validators. Shared…
Shared Security
Shared security lets multiple systems rely on a common validator, consensus, economic, or governance foundation for selected security guarantees. Shared security can…
Shared Validator Security
Shared validator security uses a common validator set or staking base to secure multiple networks, services, or protocol components. Under shared validator…
Shared Wallet
A shared wallet is a wallet used by multiple people or systems under defined viewing, transaction, approval, administration, or recovery rights. For…
Shopify
Shopify is a hosted commerce platform for building storefronts, managing products and orders, accepting payments, and connecting applications, sales channels, fulfillment, and…
Short-Term Treasury
Short-term treasury manages immediately available liquidity and low-duration assets needed to meet near-term payments, settlement, fees, and operating obligations. For Short-Term Treasury,…
Side-Channel Attack
Side-Channel Attack is an attack that infers secrets from implementation effects such as execution time, power use, electromagnetic emissions, cache behavior, memory…
Sidechain
A sidechain is an independent blockchain connected to another blockchain through a bridge or two-way asset-transfer mechanism. It can use different validators,…
Sidechain Bridge
A sidechain bridge locks, releases, burns, or mints assets and relays messages between a sidechain and another blockchain. Verification may rely on…
Signature
A signature is evidence that a specific signer approved or authenticated defined data, an action, or a document under an accepted method.…