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Glossary

Terms

Arma

Horizontally scalable BFT ordering service with microservice architecture.

BAF (Batch Attestation Fragment)

Arma-internal structure containing batch digest and attestation.

Batcher

Arma microservice that bundles transactions into batches.

Committer

Post-ordering service that validates and commits transactions.

Consenter

Arma microservice that runs SmartBFT consensus.

Coordinator

Committer service that orchestrates parallel validation.

Endorser

Service that signs transactions using FSC.

FSC (Fabric Smart Client)

Endorsement framework replacing chaincodes in Fabric-X.

Namespace

Logical isolation unit within a single channel.

Query Service

Read-only service for state queries (not part of validation pipeline).

Router

Arma microservice that accepts and dispatches transactions.

Shard

Independent processing unit in Arma.

Sidecar

Committer service that fetches blocks from ordering service.

SmartBFT

Byzantine Fault Tolerant consensus protocol.

Threshold Signature

Combined signature from multiple parties.

Validator-Committer (VC)

Service that performs MVCC validation and database commits.

View

FSC interactive protocol defining transaction logic.