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                <p>SatCode’s domain language, in plain terms.</p>
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                        <h2>Arbiter</h2>
                        <p>
                            The k-of-n juror or oracle threshold that
                            co-signs a disputed settlement; never one key.
                        </p>
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                        <h2>Ark</h2>
                        <p>
                            A Bitcoin protocol for off-chain virtual UTXOs
                            settled in rounds.
                        </p>
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                        <h2>ArkadeOS</h2>
                        <p>
                            Ark Labs’ Ark implementation and SDK used by
                            SatCode for escrow.
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                        <h2>Ark Operator</h2>
                        <p>
                            The Ark server run by Ark Labs. It co-signs
                            rounds and enforces SDK policy, but cannot spend
                            escrow alone.
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                        <h2>Bounty</h2>
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                            <p>
                                A signed offer of bitcoin for work under
                                declared terms. A bounty can be in the following
                                states:
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                                <li>
                                    <strong>open</strong>
                                    = published but not funded,
                                </li>
                                <li>
                                    <strong>in progress</strong>
                                    = funded and work has started,
                                </li>
                                <li>
                                    <strong>claimed</strong>
                                    = completed (taker has been paid), or
                                </li>
                                <li>
                                    <strong>in dispute</strong>
                                    = maker and taker do not agree on payout
                                </li>
                            </ul>
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                        <h2>Escrow</h2>
                        <p>
                            The four-leaf Taproot vTXO that constrains
                            settlement.
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                        <h2>Juror</h2>
                        <p>
                            A bonded participant who reviews evidence,
                            votes, and signs a human-mode outcome.
                        </p>
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                        <h2>Juror bond registry</h2>
                        <p>
                            The public set of eligible jurors and their bond
                            vTXOs.
                        </p>
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                        <h2>Maker</h2>
                        <p>User who publishes and funds a bounty.</p>
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                        <h2>Nostr event</h2>
                        <p>
                            A signed data object used for SatCode
                            coordination and audit history.
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                        <h2>Oracle</h2>
                        <p>
                            An operator that observes a declared external
                            source and signs an attestation.
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                        <h2>Oracle-mode dispute resolution</h2>
                        <p>
                            The path for machine-verifiable work, using a
                            declared k-of-n oracle set.
                        </p>
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                        <h2>Human-mode dispute resolution</h2>
                        <p>
                            The path for subjective work, using a randomly
                            selected panel of bonded jurors.
                        </p>
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                        <h2>Taker</h2>
                        <p>
                            User who accepts and completes a bounty.
                        </p>
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                        <h2>Taproot</h2>
                        <p>
                            The Bitcoin output construction that commits to
                            SatCode’s escrow script tree.
                        </p>
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                        <h2>vTXO</h2>
                        <p>
                            A virtual UTXO inside an Ark round; SatCode
                            escrow lives in one.
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                        <h2>Watcher</h2>
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                            A keyless service that collects threshold
                            signatures and assembles a witness.
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