digital token

Blockchain-based certificate

A digital token is a unit of value or access rights recorded on a blockchain or similar system.

Tokens may represent cryptocurrency, ownership shares, voting rights, or access to services.

Unlike physical tokens, digital tokens exist only as entries in a distributed ledger: The company issued digital tokens to early investors.

The term often appears in discussions of NFTs, cryptocurrency, and decentralized finance.

Related
  • cryptocurrencyEncrypted decentralized money
  • blockchainCryptographic linked transaction record
  • NFTBlockchain-verified digital ownership
  • coinStamped metal currency
  • walletSmall case for currency

smart contract · mint · airdrop · staking · DeFi · Ethereum · Bitcoin · ledger · hash · exchange · collectible · limited edition · secondary market · virtual · asset · payment · transfer · verification

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physical vs. digital form

digital tokencash

Ready spending funds

hard currency · banknotes · coins · paper money · specie

token vs. underlying asset

digital tokenintrinsic value

Worth independent of circumstance

physical property · tangible property · real property · real estate · commodity

decentralized vs. centralized control

digital tokenfiat currency

State-issued unbacked tender

legal tender · bank deposit · bank deposits

Family

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