# Glossary

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="160.33984375"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Term</strong></td><td><strong>Definition</strong></td></tr><tr><td>LazAI</td><td>A decentralized AI infrastructure platform integrating verifiable AI data, models, and computation with blockchain, enabling a trustless, composable, and privacy-preserving AI economy.</td></tr><tr><td>iDAO</td><td>Individual-centric DAO: The native social structure of the AI economy. Ensure decentralized validation of data sources and AI workflows and enable LazAI flow to process the reward allocation</td></tr><tr><td>LazChain</td><td>The dedicated blockchain infrastructure of LazAI for managing AI assets, proofs, consensus, and rewards.</td></tr><tr><td>Alith</td><td>LazAI’s decentralized AI Agent Framework for building and deploying autonomous AI Agents.</td></tr><tr><td>DAT</td><td>Data Anchoring Token - A semi-fungible token standard that anchors datasets, models, and agents with verifiable provenance, access rights, and ownership.</td></tr><tr><td>DAT Marketplace</td><td>A decentralized trading and verification hub where AI assets (datasets, models, agents) are exchanged and validated.</td></tr><tr><td>POV Inlet (Point-of-View Inlet)</td><td>POV is a protocol and standard for data unification In LazAI. POV Inlet is a submission interface allowing individuals or iDAOs to inject human-annotated context or judgments into the AI validation pipeline.</td></tr><tr><td>Verified Computing</td><td>A modular system combining ZKPs, Optimistic Proofs, and TEE to ensure verifiable off-chain AI computation and inference.</td></tr><tr><td>ZK Proofs </td><td>Zero-Knowledge Proofs - Cryptographic proofs used to verify computation or data without revealing sensitive information.</td></tr><tr><td>Quorum</td><td>A decentralized validation group consisting of multiple iDAOs that reach consensus on dataset integrity, model validation, and proof verification.</td></tr><tr><td>Extension Layer</td><td>Allows LazAI to integrate external data sources, model providers, computing platforms, and oracle services.</td></tr><tr><td>Execution Layer</td><td>Supports high-throughput, low-latency AI inference and verifiable computation, including Parallel EVM Execution.</td></tr><tr><td>Settlement Layer</td><td>Handles the issuance, ownership, and lifecycle of AI assets, ensuring on-chain traceability and compliance.</td></tr><tr><td>Data Availability Layer</td><td>Ensures reliable access and verification for on-chain/off-chain datasets via IPFS, Arweave, Web2 APIs, etc.</td></tr><tr><td>DeFAI</td><td>Decentralized Financial AI - A LazAI-native DeFi module enabling staking, lending, bonding, and monetization of AI assets.</td></tr><tr><td>Optimistic Proofs (OP)</td><td>A lightweight validation mechanism assuming correctness by default, but allowing dispute via fraud proofs.</td></tr><tr><td>Fraud Proofs</td><td>A dispute mechanism where challengers submit evidence against invalid data or computation to trigger slashing or reward redistribution.</td></tr><tr><td>TEE</td><td>Trusted Execution Environment - Hardware-level secure enclave enabling verifiable and private AI execution.</td></tr><tr><td>AI Agent</td><td>A modular, autonomous agent powered by AI models, trained on verified datasets, and deployed via Alith.</td></tr></tbody></table>