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Blurt glossary — key terms for beginners

Blurt has its own vocabulary: Master Password, posting key, active key, Blurt Power, Power Up, witness, frontend and curation. This glossary explains the most important terms in simple language.


Master Password

The most important account password. In many cases it can be used to derive your keys. It should not be used for everyday login and should be stored offline.

Owner key

The highest-level key. It is used to change other keys and recover control of the account. Store it very safely.

Active key

A key for financial and wallet operations such as transfers, Power Up and Power Down. Do not use it where posting key is enough.

Posting key

The key for everyday social actions: publishing, commenting and voting. It is usually the safest key for regular frontend login.

Memo key

A key connected with memo messages, including encrypted memos in transfers.

BLURT

The liquid token of the Blurt network.

Blurt Power

Account influence in the network. More Blurt Power can make votes stronger.

Power Up

Converting liquid BLURT into Blurt Power.

Power Down

Gradually converting Blurt Power back into liquid BLURT.

Frontend

A website or application used to interact with the Blurt blockchain, such as Blurt.blog, BeBlurt, Twiggy.lat or Blurt Wallet.

Tag

A topic label added to a post. Tags help readers find content.

Curation

Discovering and supporting valuable content by voting.

Witness

A network participant responsible for block production and blockchain infrastructure.

Beneficiary

A setting that allows part of a post reward to go to another account.

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