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Expand Up @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ A token is a _representation of something in the blockchain_. This something can

Much of the confusion surrounding tokens comes from two concepts getting mixed up: _token contracts_ and the actual _tokens_.

A _token contract_ is simply an Ethereum smart contract. "Sending tokens" actually means "calling a method on a smart contract that someone wrote and deployed". At the end of the day, a token contract is not much more than a mapping of addresses to balances, plus some methods to add and subtract from those balances.
A _token contract_ is simply an EVM-compatible smart contract. "Sending tokens" actually means "calling a method on a smart contract that someone wrote and deployed". At the end of the day, a token contract is not much more than a mapping of addresses to balances, plus some methods to add and subtract from those balances.

It is these balances that represent the _tokens_ themselves. Someone "has tokens" when their balance in the token contract is non-zero. That's it! These balances could be considered money, experience points in a game, deeds of ownership, or voting rights, and each of these tokens would be stored in different token contracts.

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== Standards

Even though the concept of a token is simple, they have a variety of complexities in the implementation. Because everything in Ethereum is just a smart contract, and there are no rules about what smart contracts have to do, the community has developed a variety of *standards* (called EIPs or ERCs) for documenting how a contract can interoperate with other contracts.
Even though the concept of a token is simple, they have a variety of complexities in the implementation. Because everything in EVM-compatible blockchains is just a smart contract, and there are no rules about what smart contracts have to do, the community has developed a variety of *standards* (called EIPs or ERCs) for documenting how a contract can interoperate with other contracts.

You've probably heard of the ERC-20 or ERC-721 token standards, and that's why you're here. Head to our specialized guides to learn more about these:

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