Glossary

AI Asset A digital representation of an AI-related resource (dataset, model, or pipeline) registered on the Sahara blockchain with comprehensive metadata and relationship tracking.

Asset Registry The on-chain system that maintains authoritative records of all AI assets, their metadata, and relationships.

License Terms Immutable rules defining how an AI asset can be used, including commercial permissions, derivative rights, and revenue sharing requirements.

Ownership NFT A non-fungible token representing root-level ownership of an AI asset on Sahara.

Relationship Types Standardized flags (TRAINED_ON, FINETUNED_FROM, etc.) that track how AI assets relate to and derive from each other.

Revenue Vault A smart contract that collects and distributes revenue generated by an AI asset according to predefined sharing rules.

TEE (Trusted Execution Environment) Secure computing environment used by Sahara's compute nodes to ensure private and verifiable AI workload execution.

Validator Node Network participants who stake SAHARA tokens and maintain network security through our proof-of-stake consensus mechanism.