Glossary
Use these terms to distinguish a token's identity, its local contracts and the messages moving it.
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Issuer / creator | The wallet that creates an Omnisea asset and permanently controls its asset-level settings; not necessarily the original token team |
| Original token | The existing ERC-20 held as backing on the origin chain |
| Asset ID | Hash of the immutable packed descriptor, including origin, token, creator, metadata, mode and pre-enabled EIDs |
| Facade | Local IOFT entry point: OFTAdapter on origin, OFT elsewhere |
| Adapter | Origin facade approved to pull the original ERC-20 into the vault |
| Router | Shared Omnisea LayerZero application on a chain |
| Peer | Another chain's permanently registered router |
| Enabled chain | A destination trusted by this asset, distinct from protocol-wide peer registration |
| Chain ID | EVM network identifier used by wallets and RPCs; Base is 8453 |
| EID | LayerZero endpoint identifier used in messages; Base is 30184 |
| LD / SD | Local decimal units / shared decimal units used across chains |
| GUID | LayerZero identifier that correlates one message across source and destination |
| Sync | Origin-authenticated message propagating asset metadata, enabled chains and optional policy |
| Compose | A separate destination application call queued after tokens are credited |
| Retry | Execute the exact recorded failed message again |
| Restore | Send the net amount of a failed transfer back to its original sender using a new message |
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