GLOSSARY
One term,
one meaning.
The authoritative definitions for every term this site uses — to prevent claim drift and translation drift. If any page conflicts with this table, that is a defect to be fixed, not an alternative reading.
Research prototype · no testnet · no mainnet · unaudited · not production-private · not safe for funds
Terms
Privacy
隐私
An engineering property with stated dependencies and stated failure modes.
Not: absolute anonymity or untraceability.
Disclosure
披露
Holder-granted, scoped, strictly read-only visibility into chosen facts.
Not: platform-controlled or network-initiated access.
Selective disclosure
选择性披露
The holder chooses what is shown, to whom, and for which purpose. Target model of the protocol.
View key
查看密钥
Read-only access to one’s own history, separate from spending authority. Current prototype: single account-level key.
Spend key
花费密钥
The authority to move funds. Never requested, displayed or transmitted in any disclosure flow.
Transaction Disclosure Code (TDC)
交易披露码
Prove one chosen transaction to one chosen party, with sender and recipient roles separated.
Asset Disclosure Credential (ADC)
资产披露凭证
Prove a lower bound of holdings without exposing history.
Audit credential / Audit access
审计凭证 / 审计访问
Standing, scoped access for a designated auditor.
Not: an open ledger, spend authority, or seizure power.
Shielded pool
屏蔽池
The core state machine: notes as commitments in a Merkle tree, spends via nullifiers.
Disclosure Center
披露中心
The planned wallet module for granting, scoping and tracking disclosures.
Not: a shipped product.
Testnet
测试网
A joinable public test network.
Mainnet
主网
A production network carrying real value.
Prototype
原型
A research implementation built to validate design decisions.
Not: a product, beta, or early release.
Production-grade
生产级
Audited, hardened, and operationally supported.
Nothing at Beyul is production-grade today.
Private settlement network
私密结算网络
The canonical category term for BEYUL. Fixed translation pair — do not vary.
Status labels — what each one promises
These chips appear across the site. Each is a bounded promise:
Exists now, publicly readable, and linked.
Implemented as research code with tests. Not audited, not production.
Some tiers implemented as research code; others are not.
Design intent only. No implementation claim of any kind.