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@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ Encrypted Group Events
 
 `draft` `optional` `author:earonesty` 
 
-This NIP defines new event kinds for encrypted group events, with chat as the primary example, and with optional forward secrecy guidelines. 
+This NIP defines new event kinds for encrypted channels with optional forward secrecy guidelines.
+A channel is a way to create a private nostr sub-network, within which the protocol can operate normally
+visible only to users entrusted with a given decryption key.
 
 This NIP builds on the encryption from NIP-44, the gift-wrap of NIP-59 and the distributed chat channel management of NIP-28. It is similar to NIP-38, with the exception that gift-wrap is used on every message, and issues like metadata leakage and optional forward secrecy are addressed.