diff --git a/terminology.md b/terminology.md index 1d9b9f0..acb1e6b 100644 --- a/terminology.md +++ b/terminology.md @@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ In order alphabetically by `Label` then by `Term`, or just `Term` if there is no |Label | Term | Definition | |------| ---------------------------------- | --------------- | -| CP | Liveness | Every correct propsed value will eventually be accepted by correct nodes. aka something good happens. | +| CP | Chain Agreement with Immediate Finality | At any point in time, for any two nodes `n1` and `n2`, either the blockchain of `n1` is a prefix of the blockchain of `n2` or the blockhain of `n2` is a prefix for the blockchain of `n1`. If two blockchains are identical, then each of them is a prefix of the other. | +| CP | Honest Chain Growth | For any point in time `t` and any node `n`, there exists a fine value `τ` such that the length of the blockchain of node `n` at time `t+τ` includes block proposed by honest nodes that were not included in the blockchain for node `n` at time `t`. | +| CP | Robust Consensus Protocol with Immediate Finality | A consensus protocol with immediate finality is robust if and only if it guarantees all of the following properties: