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ZIP 316: Update terminology to better account for viewing keys. 

Signed-off-by: Daira Hopwood <daira@jacaranda.org>
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@ -28,10 +28,11 @@ Recipient
A wallet or other software that can receive transfers of assets (such
as ZEC) or in the future potentially other transaction-based state changes.
Producer
A wallet or other software that can create an Address (normally also a
Recipient).
A wallet or other software that can create an Address (in which case it is
normally also a Recipient) or a Viewing Key.
Consumer
A wallet or other software that can make use of an Address that it is given.
A wallet or other software that can make use of an Address or Viewing Key
that it is given.
Sender
A wallet or other software that can send transfers of assets, or other
consensus state side-effects defined in future. Senders are a subset of
@ -42,7 +43,12 @@ Receiver
unambiguously with a specific Receiver Type, identified by an integer Typecode.
Receiver Encoding
An encoding of a Receiver as a byte sequence.
Legacy Address (or LA)
Viewing Key
The necessary information to view information about a payments to an Address,
or (in the case of a Full Viewing Key) from an Address.
Viewing Key Encoding
An encoding of a Viewing Key as a byte sequence.
Legacy Address
A Transparent, Sprout, or Sapling Address.
Unified Address (or UA)
A Unified Address combines multiple Receivers.
@ -50,6 +56,8 @@ Unified Full Viewing Key (or UFVK)
A Unified Full Viewing Key combines multiple Full Viewing Keys.
Unified Incoming Viewing Key (or UIVK)
A Unified Incoming Viewing Key combines multiple Incoming Viewing Keys.
Unified Viewing Key
Either a Unified Full Viewing Key or a Unified Incoming Viewing Key.
Address
Either a Legacy Address or a Unified Address.
Transfer Protocol
@ -182,11 +190,12 @@ Receivers
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Every Wallet must properly *parse* a Unified Address containing unrecognized
Receiver Types; and similarly for Unified Full Viewing Keys and Unified
Incoming Viewing Keys.
Receiver Types; and similarly for Unified Viewing Keys containing unrecognized
Viewing Key Types.
A Wallet may process unrecognized Receiver Types by indicating to the user
their presence or similar information for usability or diagnostic purposes.
A Wallet may process unrecognized Receiver Types or Viewing Key Types by
indicating to the user their presence or similar information for usability or
diagnostic purposes.
Transport Encoding
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