Glossary

Basic Concepts

  • Somnia: The Future of The Virtual Society, consisting of an L1EVM and a set of omnichain protocols

  • Virtual Society: A concept of interconnected virtual spaces, including gaming, social media, Web3, and the metaverse.

  • SOMI: The native utility and governance token of the Somnia blockchain.

  • SOM0: The initial set of protocols launched by Somnia, enabling interoperability of assets and their commercialization.

  • SOM1: A protocol enabling composable virtual assets and experiences.

Community and User Roles

  • Somniac: Dedicated degens of the Somnia community

  • OG Somniac: The most dedicated degens and holders of the OG Somniac NFT and Role

  • Somniac Intern: Twitter intern who loves to support Somnia

  • Daydreamer: Level 3 - Somniac Trainee

  • Lucid Dreamer: Level 15 - Seasoned Somniac

  • Somnia Sleeper: Level 1- N00b Somniac

  • Crafter: A designer that builds worlds in Somnia's ecosystem

  • Coder: A developer that contributes to Somnia's ecosystem

  • Scriber: Content creators that spread the word about Somnia

  • Somnia Mod: Guardians of the Somnia Town Square

  • Metaverse Owner: An entity that operates a self-sovereign metaverse on the Somnia Network.

  • Validator: An entity that provides nodes for computation to the Somnia network.

  • Token Holder: (Implied definition) Individuals or entities holding SOMI tokens

Protocols and Technology

  • L1EVM: (Implied definition) Layer 1 Ethereum Virtual Machine

  • Omnichain protocols: Somnia's approach of making protocols compatible with multiple blockchain networks.

  • Object Protocol: Part of SOM0, enables the creation and importation of virtual objects compatible with metaverses within the Network.

  • Attestation Protocol: Part of SOM0, allows network participants to attest to the authenticity of virtual objects.

  • Marketplace Protocol: Part of SOM0, provides a global liquidity layer for selling objects across the Network.

  • Experience Engine: Engines that enable the creation of metaverse experiences.

  • IceDb: Somnia's custom-built database with deterministic performance.

  • EVM Compilation: Somnia's process of translating EVM bytecode to highly optimized native code.

  • Data Chains: Independent blockchains operated by each validator in the Somnia network.

  • Consensus Chain: A separate blockchain that aggregates the heads of all data chains in Somnia.

  • Streaming Compression: An advanced compression technique used by Somnia to maximize data throughput.

  • BLS Signature Aggregation: A method used by Somnia to aggregate multiple signatures into a single signature.

  • Delegated Staking: A process where Token Holders can delegate their tokens to Metaverse Owners or Validators.

  • Central Limit Order Book (CLOB): A trading system that Somnia aims to implement on-chain.

  • MML (Metaverse Markup Language): A language used to create objects in the Somnia ecosystem.

  • Entity-Component-System (ECS): An architectural pattern used in SOM1, similar to game engine architecture.

  • Dynamic NFTs: NFTs with updatable metadata, enabled by Somnia's protocols.

Tools and Interfaces

  • Metaverse Browser: A user-friendly interface for navigating and participating in the Somnia ecosystem.

  • Playground: A web-based feature allowing Content Creators to quickly create and test metaverse experiences.

  • Item builder: A tool for building digital items for Somnia's virtual society

  • World Builder: A tool for building worlds in Somnia's virtual society

  • Dream builder: The brand name for the Somnia's collection of world and item-building tools

  • Canvas Builder: Somnia tool that allows you to bring your NFTs and 2D art into the metaverse

Virtual Assets and Spaces

  • Item: A digital item in Somnia's virtual society

  • Dream Space: A user-generated world in Somnia's Virtual Society

  • Somniac Night: Where the OGest Somniacs hang out

  • Dream Gallery: The place to put all your great art!

  • MApps: Decentralized metaverse applications

Events and Community Engagement

  • Somniaverse: Monthly gathering hosted by Somnia to discuss everything that we have been up to. Sometimes this happens on X and sometimes it happens in the metaverse.

  • Uniting Societies: Our event series that takes place both on X and in real life, bringing together our friends and partners from the industry.

  • Somnia Dream points: Points earned for completing Somnia quests.

Blog Categories and Content

  • Dev Note: Somnia blog category where our developers give us a look behind the scenes

  • Quest: Somnia blog category where you can find all of the latest info about our quests

  • Somnia Essential: Somnia blog category where you can find essential tutorials and explanations about the Somnia ecosystem

  • Education: Somnia blog category that hosts educational content about Web3 and the virtual society

  • Highlights: Somnia blog category showing insights from the team

  • News: Somnia blog category where we share all of the recent updates that have been happening with the project

  • Somnia 101: Somnia blog category that gives simple explanations on every aspect of our ecosystem

Community Lingo

  • Insomnia: Thinking about Somnia so much that you can't sleep

  • Somorning: GM GM

  • Somnight: GN GN

Blockchain and Web3 Concepts

  • NFT: (Implied definition) Non-Fungible Token

  • Omni-chain: Somnia's approach of making protocols compatible with multiple blockchain networks.

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