From 047a6e6912d63405d4c25245f2b3085fe18d7bb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Zarebczan Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 09:51:24 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] effective amount + added Support --- content/glossary.md | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/glossary.md b/content/glossary.md index 8c5cc45..c20e7e6 100644 --- a/content/glossary.md +++ b/content/glossary.md @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Stands for *Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm*. Used to verify transact ### Effective Amount -The total amount assigned to the claim, including supports. +The total LBC amount assigned to a claim, including the original bid and any tips/supports. During a vanity URL takeover, the effective amount is shown as 0. ### Elliptic Curve Arithmetic @@ -298,6 +298,10 @@ A transaction *output* can be spent only once: when another valid transaction ma Streaming media is multimedia that is constantly received by and presented to an end-user while being delivered by a provider. In LBRY, streams as associated with claim data in order to provide the capability to download files over a Peer to Peer network. +### Support (Claim Support) + +A support is a wallet send transaction that includes claim information, which results in adding to a claim's effective amount. A tip is a special type of suppot that is sent from one wallet to another, so that the receiver can spend it to their own wallet. + ### Target A 256-bit number that puts an upper limit for a block header hash to be valid. The lower the target is, the higher the *difficulty* to find a valid hash. The maximum (easiest) target is 0x00000000FFFF0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000. The difficulty and the target are adjusted every 2016 blocks (approx. 2 weeks) to keep interval between the blocks close to 10 minutes.