ok some history. the term on-chain originates in an academic (yes!) distinction between on-chain gov and off-chain gov. basically protocol rules v open source process. and when ppl started using onchain i actually dislikes it. but clearly it is onchain if it's meant to be an

analogue to online. which, funnily enough, also started life as on-line before it got crunched down. all of which is to say academic terms are usually bad and the people will just make it onchain over time. so it's onchain