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UMA Glossary

Definitions for common terms used throughout UMA documentation and protocol discussions.

Core terminology

A request-based verification layer where proposed information can settle unless challenged.

UMA’s decentralized dispute-resolution mechanism.

An answer submitted to an oracle request or assertion.

A challenge to a proposed answer during its configured challenge period.

The window in which a proposal can be challenged before settlement.

Economic collateral used to align proposer or disputer incentives.

A voting pattern that hides votes during commit and reveals them later for tallying.

Understand key UMA terminology for the Optimistic Oracle, DVM, proposals, disputes, voting, liveness, bonds, assertions and protocol integrations.