Nomenclature of "request" is confusing

[adlerjohn]

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[liamsi]

I think Request is very common in the PBFT/Consensus focused literature. See, e.g., http://pmg.csail.mit.edu/papers/osdi99.pdf

I think in blockchain-land, the word Transaction is predominantly used for the same thing.