Glossary

Terms used across the Oarkel site and docs.

Terms

Anonymity set: How many notes look equally likely to be yours. More is safer.
Commitment: Public hash of a note; reveals nothing about it.
Exit: Another word for unshroud: withdrawing value back to an ordinary address.
Note: Private balance entry inside the pool, readable only with the owner's keys.
Nullifier: Revealed on spending; blocks double spends without exposing the note.
Relayer: A service that submits your transaction and pays gas, paid from the note.
Root: Summary hash of every commitment so far; each proof names one.
Shielded address: What you share to receive private payments.
Shroud: Move public value in, receiving a note.
Vault share: Unit that shrouded $OARKEL is counted in; grows in value as fees arrive.
Viewing key: Lets its holder read your notes but not spend them.