Glossary

Use these terms to distinguish a token's identity, its local contracts and the messages moving it.

TermMeaning
Issuer / creatorThe wallet that creates an Omnisea asset and permanently controls its asset-level settings; not necessarily the original token team
Original tokenThe existing ERC-20 held as backing on the origin chain
Asset IDHash of the immutable packed descriptor, including origin, token, creator, metadata, mode and pre-enabled EIDs
FacadeLocal IOFT entry point: OFTAdapter on origin, OFT elsewhere
AdapterOrigin facade approved to pull the original ERC-20 into the vault
RouterShared Omnisea LayerZero application on a chain
PeerAnother chain's permanently registered router
Enabled chainA destination trusted by this asset, distinct from protocol-wide peer registration
Chain IDEVM network identifier used by wallets and RPCs; Base is 8453
EIDLayerZero endpoint identifier used in messages; Base is 30184
LD / SDLocal decimal units / shared decimal units used across chains
GUIDLayerZero identifier that correlates one message across source and destination
SyncOrigin-authenticated message propagating asset metadata, enabled chains and optional policy
ComposeA separate destination application call queued after tokens are credited
RetryExecute the exact recorded failed message again
RestoreSend the net amount of a failed transfer back to its original sender using a new message

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