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Definitions for the labels used in streams, profiles, payments, and competitions.

Channels and communities

Creator: someone who broadcasts or publishes content on FLIPgo.
Channel: a creator's page for streams, chat, recordings, and public account views.
Stream: a live video broadcast.
Replay or VOD: a recording of a past broadcast. VOD means video on demand.
Clip: a short video covering a particular moment or subject.
Follow: add a creator to your Following list for free.
Paid subscription: a recurring membership with the benefits offered by a creator.
Gated community: a group with an admission rule, such as following a creator or holding an active subscription.
flipgoblin: FLIPgo's Telegram bot. It sends live alerts with a direct link to the stream.

Wallet: a tool for controlling accounts and approving transactions involving digital assets.
Address: the public identifier used to locate an account or send assets to it.
Network or chain: the blockchain on which assets and transactions are recorded.
Onchain: recorded on a blockchain.
Token: a digital asset on a blockchain.
USDC: a stablecoin designed to track the US dollar, used for FLIPgo balance and tip amounts.
Public account: an account a creator chooses to display on FLIPgo.
Featured account: the account selected to appear first for an integration.
Tip: a one-off payment to a creator. A margin tip adds funds to a supported trading account.
Transaction: a recorded action, such as a transfer or trade.

Holding: an asset held in the selected account.
Spot: trading an asset directly.
Order: an instruction to buy or sell.
Fill: an executed portion of an order.
Position: an open trade.
Long: a position that benefits from a price increase.
Short: a position that benefits from a price decrease.
P&L: profit and loss for a trade, account, or stated period.
Unrealized P&L: the current gain or loss on an open position.
Realized P&L: gains and losses from closed trades.
Margin: collateral supporting a trading position.
Liquidation: a venue closing a position when its margin no longer meets maintenance requirements.
Perpetual: a price-linked trading contract with no fixed expiry.
Funding: periodic payments associated with perpetual positions.
Vault: pooled funds managed under a trading strategy.

See Market activity for examples and Creator monetisation for subscriptions and vaults.

Prediction market: a market for contracts tied to the outcome of an event.
Outcome: a possible result of that event.
Leaderboard: a ranking of eligible accounts by the displayed measure.
Competition: an event with its own participants, time window, and scoring rules.