Glossary

Term	Definition
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.