Glossary
Document type: Glossary
Doc ID: DCHUB-GLOSSARY-2025-12-21
Version: v1.3.1
Status: Final v1.3.1
Release date: December 21, 2025
Author: Nicolas Turcotte, Founder
Source repo: dcorps-docs-public (docs/whitepaper/GLOSSARY.md)
Last updated: 2026-01-26
Selected glossary
dCorps
The protocol and ecosystem described in the dCorps documentation; a digitally native base layer for entities.
dCorps Hub
The platform and coordination layer for entities, governance, templates, and shared standards. The Hub runs on dCorps Chain and anchors canonical entity state.
dCorps Chain / Hub chain
The Arbitrum Orbit rollup (Rollup mode) that executes Hub transactions, runs DCHUB, and settles to Ethereum. Sometimes called the Hub chain in technical contexts.
Hub entity
An entity that operates directly on the Hub (Hub corporation or Hub nonprofit).
Entity ID
A stable, globally unique identifier for an entity registered on the Hub.
Hub corporation
A corporation operating on the Hub, with an internal unit-based cap table, role-based governance, and standardized accounting primitives.
Hub nonprofit
A nonprofit/NGO entity operating on the Hub, with board governance, donation/program flows, and reproducible allocation reporting.
Hub units
Internal units of a Hub corporation that represent economic and voting rights inside that corporation. Scoped to that entity. Default base unit count is 10,000 (1 unit = 0.01 percent), expandable in multiples of 10,000; v0.1 templates recommend a practical maximum of 1,000,000 base units for interoperability and UI performance.
DCHUB
The Hub’s native token used for gas, protocol governance, and protocol-level fees. Not equity in user entities or in the development corporation or foundation.
USDC
The baseline unit of account for examples and the primary operating currency for many entities and protocol service fees (canonical bridged USDC at launch).
Canonical wallet
A designated on-chain address (or address set) associated with an entity for specific purposes (for example merchant, donation, program, operating treasury, reserves).
Tagged accounting event
An on-chain event or transaction output annotated with categories and tags per dCorps data standards, enabling reproducible reporting views.
Category (chart of accounts)
A standardized code used to tag inflows and outflows for comparability in reporting views. Entities may extend categories when extensions map to the minimal standard.
cash-based operating reporting
Time-window summaries derived from tagged inflow and outflow events through canonical wallets, excluding accrual accounting treatments.
Nonprofit allocation reporting
A reproducible cash-based time-window view derived from tagged accounting events and the nonprofit’s allocation rules.
Evidence anchoring
Anchoring a document hash on-chain (for example invoices, receipts, agreements, minutes, policies) so accounting events and governance actions can reference verifiable commitments.
Protocol module
Optional on-chain logic that attaches to, reads, and writes Hub entity state under explicit rules. Includes jurisdiction adapter modules, sector frameworks, and attestation modules.
Jurisdiction adapter module
A protocol module encoding how a specific jurisdiction treats certain dCorps entities, including recognition workflows, fees, and reporting expectations.
Sector framework
A protocol module defining metrics and standards for a domain such as climate, education, or public health, derived from kernel state.
Attestation
A signed statement or signal produced by an entity or third-party about facts or reconciliation claims, published through optional modules.
Bridge gateway
Canonical contracts that move assets between Ethereum and the Hub.
Protocol governance
On-chain governance processes that control protocol upgrades, parameters, module registry status, and related decisions.
Protected Change
A class of high-impact protocol change intended to require higher thresholds and additional safety mechanisms (for example voting-power age and execution timelocks).
Protocol Treasury
The pool of assets governed by the protocol and related policy frameworks for long-term development, security, and ecosystem support.
dCorps foundation
The intended nonprofit steward of public goods (standards, reference tooling, conformance tests, ecosystem programs) under defined policy boundaries.