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- ValidatorThe on-chain script that decides whether a transaction may spend a UTXO, mint a token or perform another scripted action. On Cardano, a smart contract is a validator.View term
- PlutusCardano's smart contract platform. The name covers the Plutus Core language that runs on-chain and the tooling that compiles higher-level languages down to it.View term
- Plutus CoreCardano's on-chain smart-contract runtime. Higher-level languages (Plinth, Aiken) compile down to Plutus Core for execution.View term
- AikenA modern smart contract language for Cardano, designed to be beginner-friendly while producing efficient on-chain code.View term
- eUTXOCardano's extension of the UTXO accounting model; each output can carry datum and script logic, so smart contracts express rules without the shared mutable state used by account-based chains.View term