| DePIN Deployer | Owner of a Distribution Stream; deploys the contracts for shards, distribution stream, and directs their token flows. |
| Distribution Stream | Scheduled event where the DePIN Deployer periodically streams a specified token to Shard holders. |
| Shards | SPL tokens representing percentage-based entitlements to a Distribution Stream. |
| Emission Token | The SPL token the DePIN Deployer streams to Shard holders. |
| DePIN | Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks; where dApps use tokens to incentivize communities to build and maintain physical infrastructure networks. |
| PDA | Program Derived Addresses; provides a deterministic way to find data based on the seeds used for the derivation. |
| SPL | Solana Program Library; The SPL Token is the Solana blockchain analog |
| CPI | Consumer Price Index, essentially a measurement of inflation in the economy and uses data on market price changes. |
