Token Sink
A token sink is a mechanism that removes tokens from active circulation or creates recurring demand by requiring users to spend, burn,…
Glossary terms starting with T
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Token Standard
A token standard is a technical specification defining common interfaces, data structures, events, permissions, metadata, and expected behavior for digital tokens. Standards…
Token Supply
Token supply describes how many units of a token exist under a specified accounting definition. Terms such as total, circulating and maximum…
Token Supply Cap
Token Supply Cap is the maximum total amount of a token that may exist under the governing contract, protocol, or issuance policy.
Token Supply Dynamics
Token supply dynamics describe how a token’s supply changes over time through issuance, emissions, burns, vesting, unlocks, staking, bridging, migration, redemption, and…
Token Symbol
Token Symbol is the short metadata label used to display a token, commonly a few letters such as USDC or WETH. Standards…
Token Ticker Collision
Token Ticker Collision is a condition in which two or more unrelated tokens use the same or confusingly similar ticker symbol, creating…
Token Transaction Limit
Token Transaction Limit is a policy or contract limit applied to a token transaction based on amount, value, count, participant, function, risk…
Token Transfer
A token transfer moves units of a specific digital token from one holder's recorded balance to another, under the token contract's and…
Token Transfer Limit
Token Transfer Limit is a quantitative ceiling or floor governing how many tokens may move over a defined scope, such as one…
Token Transfer Restriction
Token Transfer Restriction is any condition that can prevent, delay, redirect, or require approval for movement of a token between accounts. Restrictions…
Token Unlock
A token unlock is the release of tokens from vesting, escrow, lockup, staking, sale restrictions, or contractual limitations so they become transferable…
Token Unlock Calendar
Token Unlock Calendar is a dated schedule showing when locked, vested, treasury, investor, team, ecosystem, or incentive tokens are expected to become…
Token URI
A token URI is a resource identifier supplied by a token contract to locate metadata for a token or collection. It may…
Token Utility
Token utility is the practical function or benefit a token provides within a network, application, product, market, community, or governance system. Utility…
Token Vault
A token vault is a smart contract, wallet, or custody system that holds tokens under defined withdrawal, authorization, allocation, or time-based rules.…
Token Vesting
Token vesting is a schedule or condition that gradually grants recipients transferable ownership or claimability over tokens allocated to them.
Token Vesting Cliff
Token Vesting Cliff is an initial period during which a beneficiary accrues no transferable vested tokens or cannot claim any of the…
Token Wallet Limit
Token Wallet Limit is the maximum token balance or activity permitted for a single blockchain address or wallet record. It can restrict…
Token-2022
Token-2022 is Solana’s newer token program, also presented as Token Extensions, providing optional native features beyond the original SPL Token Program. Mints…
Token-2022 Integration
Token-2022 Integration is the application work required to support Solana tokens created with the Token Extensions Program, commonly called Token-2022. It extends…
Token-Gated Commerce
Token-gated commerce restricts access to products, prices, content, events, or purchasing rights based on verified control of a specified blockchain token. In…
Tokenization
Tokenization is the process of representing data, credentials, rights, ownership, money, or assets as digital tokens that can be stored, processed, transferred,…
Tokenized Asset
A tokenized asset is a digital token representing ownership, a claim, access, or economic exposure connected to another digital or real-world asset.…