Key terms used throughout AsiliChain documentation.
| Term | Definition |
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| BatchToken | ERC-1155 token representing a weighed, graded coffee batch. Minted on Mantle when coffee is delivered and graded. The primary collateral unit. |
| GrowingCropToken | ERC-721 token representing a standing pre-harvest crop. Issued at planting. LTV: 30–65%. Burned when crop is harvested and converted to a BatchToken. |
| WarehouseReceiptToken | Upgraded BatchToken representing a buyer-committed batch. Issued when a PurchaseOrder is confirmed. LTV: 75–80%. |
| LendingVault | UUPS-upgradeable smart contract on Mantle that holds MFI capital, evaluates BatchToken collateral, and disburses USDC loans. |
| CreditScore | On-chain score starting at 500. +50 per on-time repayment. −100 per default. Portable, permanent, public. |
| DDS | Due Diligence Statement — the document required by EUDR Article 4 for every coffee shipment entering the EU. AsiliChain generates it automatically. |
| HCS | Hedera Consensus Service — the append-only audit log that records every stage event from both Mantle and the AsiliChain API. |
| TraceLog | Smart contract on Mantle that records the eight custody stages of a coffee batch from farm gate to export. |
| PurchaseOrder | Smart contract on Mantle that records a buyer’s committed purchase. Upgrades collateral tier from BatchToken to WarehouseReceiptToken. |
| ProtocolFee | Smart contract distributing the 4% AsiliChain margin from each repayment cycle. |
| Term | Definition |
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| Mantle Network | The Ethereum ZK rollup on which all AsiliChain smart contracts are deployed. ChainId 5000. 1-hour finality via OP Succinct/SP1. |
| Hedera HCS | Hedera Hashgraph’s Consensus Service. Used as an independent, immutable audit log. Governed by IBM, Google, FedEx, Boeing consortium. |
| USDC | USD Coin — the stablecoin used for all on-chain settlements, MFI deposits, and LendingVault operations on Mantle. |
| cUSD | Celo Dollar — used in the legacy 3-chain architecture. Replaced by USDC on Mantle in the single-chain design. |
| CCIP | Chainlink Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol. Referenced in earlier architecture iterations. Eliminated in single-chain design. |
| OP Succinct / SP1 | The ZK proof system powering Mantle’s rollup. Type-1 zkEVM — full EVM equivalence. |
| Term | Definition |
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| Kotani Pay | Payment rail for USDC → UGX → MTN Mobile Money conversions. Handles farmer payouts in under 60 seconds. Acquired by Tether October 2025. |
| TransFi | Institutional on-ramp for MFI bank wire deposits (UGX or USD) converted to USDC and delivered to LendingVault. ISO27001 + SOC2 Type 2. |
| Kotani Pay API | The POST /kotanipay/payout endpoint called by the AsiliChain API after every BATCH_DELIVERED event. |
| MTN MoMo | MTN Mobile Money — the primary mobile payment account through which farmers receive loan disbursements and coffee sale proceeds. |
| MAAIF NTS | Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries National Traceability System — Uganda’s government GPS-mapping programme for coffee farmers. |
| GFW | Global Forest Watch — satellite deforestation monitoring API checked at farm registration and DDS generation. |
| Africa’s Talking | USSD gateway provider for the *384# farmer interface. |
| Alchemy | RPC provider and webhook service for Mantle mainnet event detection. |
| Pinata | IPFS pinning service for DDS documents, weight-slip photos, and farm boundary GeoJSON. |
| Term | Definition |
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| EUDR | EU Deforestation Regulation (EU 2023/1115). Enforcement deadline December 30, 2026. Requires GPS-verified DDS for every EU coffee shipment. |
| UCDA | Uganda Coffee Development Authority — licences coffee exporters. |
| MAAIF | Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries — issues the National Traceability System IDs and GPS maps. |
| UMRA | Uganda Microfinance Regulatory Authority — licences Tier IV MFIs. All MFI partners must be UMRA-licensed. |
| BoU | Bank of Uganda — regulates payment service providers and mobile money. |
| FIA | Financial Intelligence Authority — registers Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) in Uganda. Kotani Pay must hold FIA registration. |
| UWRSA | Uganda Warehouse Receipt System Authority Act (2006) — establishes warehouse receipts as negotiable instruments under Ugandan law. The BatchToken’s legal anchor. |
| TRACES | EU Trade Control and Expert System — the platform where EUDR DDS documents are filed. |
| Term | Definition |
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| LTV | Loan-to-Value ratio — the percentage of collateral value that can be borrowed. GrowingCropToken: 30–65%. BatchToken: 60–70%. WarehouseReceiptToken: 75–80%. |
| APR | Annual Percentage Rate. Informal lender APR in Uganda: 60–120%. AsiliChain borrower APR: 14–18%. |
| Auto-repayment | The mechanism by which a loan repays automatically when a BatchToken reaches EXPORTED status — the buyer’s USDC payment flows through LendingVault before net balance reaches the cooperative. |
| Float | The cooperative’s cUSD or USDC working reserve used to pre-fund farmer payouts before settlement from buyers. |
| TaaS | Tokenization-as-a-Service — Mantle’s pre-built KYC tooling and legal structuring framework for RWA tokenisation. |
| RWA | Real-World Asset — tokenised representation of a physical asset. AsiliChain’s BatchToken is an agricultural commodity RWA. |
