This page collects the most important terms used across the platform. You do not need to understand every term before you begin, but having a shared vocabulary makes the rest of the documentation much easier to follow. The terms below are aligned with how the Neuro-Foundation and TAG documentation describe the platform and its main building blocks.Documentation Index
Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.neuro-tech.io/llms.txt
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Neuron
The core runtime and broker in the Neuro platform. It enables secure, federated interaction across domains and hosts higher-level capabilities such as identities, contracts, tokens, and ledger-backed services.
Neuro-Ledger
The distributed audit and persistence layer used by the platform. It is designed to support auditable, distributed systems without depending on a traditional blockchain model.
Trust Provider
A trusted actor within a domain that validates identities, approves or governs important platform objects, and contributes trust to the network through signatures and policy. Often described as a digital equivalent of a notary.
Network identity
The identity used to participate in the network as a connected actor or account. It identifies who is communicating at the platform level.
Legal identity
A stronger, cryptographically protected identity tied to a real legal actor such as a person or organization. Legal identities are used when trust, signatures, ownership, or compliance matter.
Smart contract
A structured digital agreement used in the platform. In Neuro, smart contracts combine human-readable and machine-readable content, support signatures and lifecycle rules, and are designed to work across domains.
Token
A digital instrument tied to ownership, agreements, and traceable events. In the platform, tokens can represent NFTs, asset-backed instruments, rights, or other digital and cyber-physical assets.
Neuro-Feature
The Neuro platform’s token model for digital instruments and tokenized assets. Neuro-Features are created using smart contracts and can represent ownership, rights, or asset-backed structures.
eDaler
A federated digital payment mechanism used in the broader platform model. It can be linked to contracts, tokens, and programmable payment flows.
Federation
A model where multiple domains manage their own infrastructure but still interoperate in a shared framework. Federation is a core part of how Neuro supports cross-domain interaction.
Domain
A distinct operating boundary in the federated network. Each domain can manage its own users, services, policies, and trust relationships.
Signature
A cryptographic proof attached to an identity, contract, or other platform object to verify integrity and authorship. Signatures are central to how Neuro establishes trust.
Public key
The part of a cryptographic key pair used to validate signatures or encrypted interactions.
Private key
The secret part of a cryptographic key pair used to create signatures. In Neuro identity material, private keys are intended to remain under the control of the client.
State machine
A structured model for representing workflows as states and allowed transitions over time. In Neuro, state machines can be connected to contracts, tokens, and programmable payment logic.
Agent API / Neuron API
The API surface used by external systems that do not connect directly through XMPP bindings. The Agent API lets backend agents perform tasks such as messaging, account creation, and contract signing without maintaining a live XMPP connection.
XMPP
The federated communication protocol underlying the Neuron’s communication model. It provides the base for secure, cross-domain messaging and interaction.
Auditability
The ability to inspect and verify what happened, who acted, and what was recorded. Auditability is one of the main reasons the platform uses Neuro-Ledger together with signatures and identities.
Further reading
Neuro-Foundation
Platform specification and standards
TAG Documentation
Neuron and associated technologies
TAG Community
Tutorials and implementation guides