Access Token
A digital pass that lets a wallet use a part of the project.
Shared Language
Sovereign Engine Dictionary
These are the plain-language definitions used by the popup dictionary across the site. This page keeps them in one place for anyone who wants to read before minting, building, or exploring the Engine.
Actual Supply
The real number of usable items or characters available. Here, it means each verified user adds one real starting profile instead of unlimited rerolls.
AI
Artificial intelligence. Here, it means software or machines that can imitate, create, or compete online without being a verified human participant.
Alienation
A formal word for giving, selling, or trading something you own.
Artifact
A made object or item. Here, it means a digital creation made by the project, such as a deed, character, item, or future game asset.
Artifact Engine
The preview console where users can test possible stats and future creations.
Attestation
A trusted proof from another source. Here, it means Coinbase has confirmed the connected wallet belongs to a verified account.
Attester
The group that gives the proof. For this site, that group is Coinbase.
Attribute Tree
The list of traits and stats a project chooses for its characters, items, or other creations.
Attributes
Traits or qualities. Here, attributes are the starting stats and qualities used by the Engine for Genesis Mints and future Progeny.
Backend
The private part of the site that checks rules and prepares the mint.
Backend Mint
A mint started by the private part of the site, not only by the button you see.
Barter
A trade or exchange of value that may not use ordinary currency.
Base
The blockchain network built by Coinbase. Here, it is the network where this project mints tokens.
Base Mainnet
The live version of the Base network. Here, it is where real Sovereign Engine tokens and payments happen.
Base-native
Built on Base, the network built by Coinbase. Here, Base is the network where Sovereign Engine tokens are made.
Blacklist
A block list that can stop certain wallets or marketplaces from being used.
Blockchain
A public record book for digital ownership and actions.
Burn
To destroy a token so it is no longer usable.
Burn Fee
A possible fee for destroying a token if that option is ever turned on.
Checkout
The payment step before minting, when payment is required.
Coinbase EAS
Coinbase's proof system for verified accounts. Here, the Portal uses it to check whether the connected wallet belongs to a verified Coinbase account.
Contract Address
The public address for a blockchain program. Here, it points to the Sovereign Engine contract users and tools can check.
Conveyance
A formal word for transfer.
Covenant Mark
A short public mark made from the name fields.
Deed of Spiritual Conveyance
A formal title for the Soul Deed and its transfer language.
Deterministic Profile
A profile made from fixed inputs instead of random rolls. Here, it means the same person keeps the same core stats every time.
DOB
Date of birth. Here, it is used by the Engine as part of the fixed input for astrological sign and attribute origin.
Dynamic URI
A token link that can show updated information before it is locked.
DynamoDB
A database service that can store site records like mint orders.
EAS
Ethereum Attestation Service. Here, Coinbase EAS is used to help confirm a single verified human mint.
Engine Room
The place where a machine is watched and controlled. Here, it is the mock console where users test Sovereign Engine inputs, stat types, and future artifact ideas before the live mint path.
ERC-721
A common kind of NFT made for unique one-of-one tokens.
Founder Share
The part of a payment meant for the founder or project wallet.
Genesis
The beginning stage of the project, where the first personal profile and access path are created.
Genesis Character
The first character-style profile created from the first mint. Its stats stay tied to the original person.
Genesis Mint
The first one-person mint. It creates the user's starting deed and profile access.
Grantee
The person or side receiving something in formal deed language.
Grantor
The person or side giving something in formal deed language.
Hash
A digital fingerprint for checking that data has not changed.
Indexer
A service that organizes network records so apps can find them faster.
IPFS
A file storage network often used for NFT images and information.
Lambda
A small cloud function that runs backend tasks when needed.
Lineage
The family line between a source profile and the characters, children, or items made from it.
Marketplace
A place like OpenSea where people can buy and sell digital items.
Metadata
Information that describes a digital item. Here, it is the public token information, usually name, image, description, and traits.
Mint
Creating a token on a blockchain. Here, it creates the user's Sovereign Engine asset and sends it to the connected wallet.
Mint Order
The Portal's record that tracks whether a connected wallet is ready to mint.
Mint Path
Completing Console Verification leads into the final mint. Your wallet may still ask for confirmation, but that is the normal approval notice before the mint completes.
Mint Worker
The private process that helps prepare and send mint requests.
Minting
The process of creating a token.
One-wallet mint claim
A rule record meant to stop one person from claiming the first mint more than once.
Operator Filter
A rule that can control which marketplaces or tools may move a token.
Originality
Something that comes from a real source instead of a copy. Here, it means the unique human starting point behind a Soul Mint and future creations.
Pinata
A service that helps keep NFT files available online.
Placeholder URI
A temporary token link used before the final information is ready.
Platform Vault
A project wallet or vault that can receive project funds.
Progeny
Something that comes from an original source. Here, it means future creations made from a user's original profile, such as children, characters, items, creatures, weapons, armor, or transport.
Progeny Projects
Later creations that come from an original source. Here, they are future mints shaped by the user's Genesis attributes.
Proxy (contract)
A setup where the public address stays the same even if the project code is upgraded.
Public Mark
A short public label so the site does not show full private name details.
Recipient
The wallet that receives the minted token.
Royalty
A payment that returns to a creator when something is resold. Here, it can route back to the origin wallet when an artifact is resold, if the marketplace supports it.
Royalty Splitter
A payment tool that divides money between the right wallets.
RPC
A connection point the site uses to talk to the network.
Schema UID
An ID number that tells the site what kind of proof it is checking.
SI
Synthetic intelligence. Here, it means machine intelligence that can act like a person, but does not count as a verified human origin for the Soul Mint.
Signature
A wallet approval that proves the wallet owner said yes.
Smart Contract
A program on a blockchain that follows set rules. Here, it controls token minting, ownership records, and royalty rules.
Soul
The project idea for a unique living person.
Soul Deed
The first deed-style artifact that gives a user their starting profile and access path.
Soul Mint
The user's Genesis mint for the Soul ownership title and starting attribute profile.
Soulbound
A token that cannot be moved, or can only be moved in limited ways.
Sovereign Engine
The system that helps users create profiles and artifacts from their own source, while keeping authority over themselves and what they create.
Title of Ownership
A certificate showing who owns something. Here, it means the Soul ownership title minted to the user's wallet as the Genesis Artifact.
Token
A digital asset recorded on the network.
Token Address
The public address for a token or payment asset.
Token ID
The unique number identifying a specific token inside a contract.
Token URI
The link that tells apps where to find a token's public information and image.
Traceable
Designed so a creation can be followed back to the profile, wallet, or parent it came from.
Trading (contract toggle)
A setting that can turn token trading on, limit it, or turn it off.
Upgradeable (contract)
A setup that lets approved project owners update the contract code later.
User Wallet
The wallet connected by the current user. Here, it becomes the recipient for the mint and the account used for eligibility checks.
UUPS
A common upgrade setup for smart contracts.
Vanguard
The Initial Supporters status intended to carry forward into future project launches and benefits.
Verified Account
A Coinbase account signal used to help confirm the Portal is dealing with a real eligible account.
Verified Human Soul
A project phrase for one real person confirmed through the approved verification path, so the mint is tied to a human origin instead of a duplicate or machine account.
Wallet
A digital account for blockchain tokens. Here, the Portal uses the connected wallet for access checks, payment, and receiving the mint.
Wallet Address
The public address of a wallet. Here, it receives tokens and appears in Sovereign Engine onchain records.
wallet-linked
Connected to a wallet so access, ownership, and project credit can follow that wallet.
Webhook
A server callback used to notify the app that an external event, such as payment status, has changed.