CAIP-22: Asset Reference for the ERC721 Asset Namespace


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Status: SupersededStandardCreated: 2020-06-23
Authors
Antoine Herzog (@antoineherzog), Pedro Gomes (@pedrouid), Joel Thorstensson (@oed)
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Simple Summary


This document is about the details of the ERC721 asset namespace and reference for CAIP-19.

Abstract


In CAIP-19 a general asset identification scheme is defined. This is the implementation of CAIP-19 for ERC721 (referencing NFT tokens).

Motivation


See CAIP-19.

Specification


ERC721 Asset Namespace

The asset namespace is called "erc721" as in ERC721. It reference erc721 tokens (NFT) in the eip155 namespace (cf. CAIP3).

Asset Reference Definition

The Asset Reference format is the smart contract address of the erc721 token in the current chain_id.

Token ID Definition

The Token Id format is the NFT Identifier of the erc721 specification in the current chain_id.

Rationale


The smart contract address strives for uniqueness for any erc721 tokens in the chain_id scope.

Backwards Compatibility


Not applicable

Test Cases


This is a list of manually composed examples


Copyright


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