Questions tagged [tokens]

Tokens may refer to the core system EOSIO tokens (e.g. SYS, EOS, etc.) or to non-native EOSIO tokens created after launch. Questions may relate to the transfer of tokens, creation of tokens, managing and administrating tokens, token rights and benefits, staking and unstaking tokens, and others.

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What wallets are available for the EOS coin?

To be clear, I'm not talking about the EOS erc20 token, I'm talking about the coin post-launch. I haven't heard mention of any wallets, 3rd party or otherwise that will be ready on launch day. Are ...
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How can I lease my EOS once the mainnet launches? [closed]

EOS has been described as the blockchain real-estate due to its ability to allow it's holders to lease their tokens to dApp developers once the mainnet launches in June 2018 but I've heard very little ...
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How to do an inline transfer of a token?

When I perform a token transfer from the cleos command line, it works with no problems: $ cleos push action eosio.token transfer '["rider2","vehicle1","1000.0000 TOK","initial"]' -p rider2 executed ...
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What is the correct way of issuing your own token?

There is an esoio.token contract. This contract be used for issuing and storing many tokens starting with EOS. However, is it possible to issue tokens without using the eosio.token contract? What is ...
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Block.One are not starting the EOSIO blockchain, so who will be?

In the latest community announcement, Block.one have sent a reminder that they will not be launching any of the initial EOSIO blockchains, and warning us not to share our private keys with untrusted ...
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Are there benefits to holding EOS as a user?

From what I understand holding EOS gives developers access to RAM and possibly storage. So developers and investors hoping to launch sites will want to hold EOS. I'm very interested in EOS and want ...
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Why tokens aren't being offered or distributed to U.S. or Chinese persons?

On the EOS page we can read: NO U.S. OR CHINESE PURCHASERS - EOS TOKENS ARE NOT BEING OFFERED OR DISTRIBUTED TO U.S. PERSONS OR CHINESE PERSONS. Why are these groups of people excluded from the EOS ...
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Are there any established EOS Token Standards?

Will EOS adopt the Ethereum's ERC20 (and other token standards) or will there be a modifications since much of the development is in C++?
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Rent tokens and still receive airdrops?

It seems that renting one's token comes at the additional cost of missing airdrops. Will there be any way to still receive airdrops while leasing out tokens?
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Staking dapp user EOS tokens

It's possible for a smart contract to stake EOS user account tokens? And then rent them or apply them as the smart contract owner wants, to be able to generate some revenue or to pay for RAM if user ...
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Is there a solution being built for those who didn’t register their ERC20 EOS tokens?

It’s fair to expect at least a few individuals who hold ERC20 EOS tokens to have missed the message of registration. Some may have registered and lost their EOS wallet private key. These things tend ...
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Who guarantees the assignment of resource?

I am confused about the Token model and Resource Usage the white paper. If I hold 1% of the total tokens, I can use 1% of the total resource. But who guarantees this? The block producers? But they ...
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Why are string-related data types like account_name converted to type uint64_t?

According to the types.h all string-related data-types (or at least those where i would presume that they receive strings) like account_name, token_name and so on are declared as uint64_t and i am ...
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Why do token transfers on EOSIO consume RAM?

Very basic question but I just can't figure out why token transfers on EOS are stored in (expensive) RAM and not just simply in the blockchain? Please help me understand!
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EOS: AirDrop vs. ICO

Why does it seem that there are hardly any ICO for EOS projects? But there are many AirDrops on EOS? Is this just a general trend of the entire blockchain industry? Or is it only peculiar for EOS ...
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ERC-721 Style token on EOS

Is there any way to create something similar to an ERC-721 token on the EOS network? I need to create unique tokens. There seems to be no documentation on this, is it planned for a later date? This ...
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Understanding 5% EOS inflation and comparison with Steemit

Why EOS is starting with 5% inflation rate unlike Steemit which started with 9.5% inflation rate ? Below is the snapshot of the Steem Blockchain's inflation (taken from FAQ in Steemit website) - ...
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EOS claim procedure if an incompatible wallet was used to partecipate

Is there any way to interact with the contract for claiming tokens if I've taken part of the token distribution from an incompatible wallet? Is exporting private keys and importing in MEW or other ...
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eosiocpp -g generates empty abi file

I have created smart contract inside the /build/contracts and running this comman generates empty abi file. eosiocpp -g eosio.test.abi eosio.test.cpp tried both hpp and cpp but same result.
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get token balance from another contract

How do we accomplish this on EOSIO? In Ethereum we get the reference of another contract using the contract address, what about for EOSIO? Can anyone provide a sample code for this? Would like to ...
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What is SYS token?

I've noticed it on testnet. Is this symbol reserved only for testnet or maybe this is an internal symbol for native token on every eosio based blockchain?
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Will all EOS platforms give me access to my frozen EOS tokens?

Will the snapshot that is made of my ethereum EOS address be made on all EOS platforms? Or will developers create there own funds?
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How to send EOS based tokens from one account to another?

While playing a game on Dapp if we want the user to donate some tokens in order to join the game, how can we accomplish it in the smart contract?
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How to transfer EOS after a particular delay?

I know that there is a concept called deferred transaction but how can I use this concept in transferring the EOS to another account. The scenario is: I need to transfer certain amount of coins ...
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Why did EOSio exclude all EOS ERC20-token holders who didn't register before 2st of June 2018?

They have made my ERC-20 EOS tokens non-transferable, so now the money I invested is lost. On my Trezor (MEW - MyEthereumWallet) Are there any official statements of the reasons to the malignant ...
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Stacking EOS on Block Producers Account

I was verifying the amount of EOS staked by BPs. After going through a number of them its seems they have not staked most of their EOS to the NET. https://eosflare.io/account/starteosiobp https://...
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How does one prevent smart contracts from taking all your tokens, when you give them your auth?

Suppose you are a malicious smart contract developer and embedded an inline transaction in your smart contract that calls eosio.token::transfer 100 eos from the caller's account to your account. An ...
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Is EOS Account creation free?

I used scatter to create an account, is it true that account creation is not free? How do I check how much it costs? I can see also via "http://eosflare.io/account/" that I have some EOS stacked in ...
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How to add "time lock" to the EOS tokens

I have issued some tokens base on eosio.token in jungle testnet, and I am able to transfer the tokens between accounts. Now if I want to enforce some control to the tokens sent ( for example, time ...
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How to check balance of dynamically determined token contract?

If I am using eosio.token as my token contract (or I know my token contract during compile time), the following code will work. accounts accountstable(N(eosio.token), account); auto itr_a = ...
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Unable to compile eosio.token

I'm following the https://developers.eos.io/eosio-home/docs/token-contract block one tutorial using the latest eosio/eos-dev docker image (v1.4.0). I have some issues when I compile eosio.token.cpp ...
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Non fungible tokens in EOS?

Like ERC20 token, EOS token has been developed. But is there any non-fungible tokens on EOS like ERC721 on Ethereum? I have gone through this one but didn't get much clarity.
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Stablecoins on EOS, are there any?

Are there any reputable Stablecoin type projects being built on EOS like how Ethereum has USDC by coinbase? Or even a EOS tether?
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What is the equivalent of an ERC20 in EOS?

Ethereum has the basic ERC20 contract to create tokens, but what is the equivalent in EOS? Also what about ERC721 for unique tokens?
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empty actions - abi file

Any help why I'm getting empty actions? { "____comment": "This file was generated by eosio-abigen. DO NOT EDIT - 2018-08-22T01:21:53", "version": "eosio::abi/1.0", "types": [], "structs": [{ ...
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Wallet Essentials for importing your Existing EOS wallet

Q.1 - This is just to confirm that which of the two methods below, is recommended ?? METHOD - 1 step 1 - cleos -u https://eos.greymass.com wallet create my-wallet step 2 - cleos -u https://eos....
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How are ERC20 EOS tokens converted to main net tokens?

So the ERC20 tokens have been registered and locked. Now they need to be represented on main net. How is this achieved? What does the cross chain swap look like? How do I prove to EOS main net that ...
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What is the minimum of EOS I need when creating a brand new account?

Is there some type of EOS minimum to have in an account when creating a new eos account? Say I wanted to create one just to receive a bunch of different tokens. Do these tokens take up ram space? And ...
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Does Non fungible Tokens need more RAM?

Non fungible tokens with tracability need a table that need space and Non fungible tokens also need more computation as we need to have mint ,burn ,create and issue abi actions. In my opinion ...
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How to trade EOS mainnet token after Launch Day?

As ERC20 token is frozen and mapped to "mainnet token". So for now, is there a way to trade mainnet token using USD or BTC?
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Is there a way to check token count i have voted?

My account shows 10 eos as balance, and shows 90 eos as staked for bandwidth. If i vote with this account, how many tokens gonna to be voted actually?
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What happens with EOS tokens between June 2nd and June 14th?

What happens when the EOS tokens become unfrozen? Will trading continue after June 14th?
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EOS Token Economy with Contract, Wallet, Account

i'm trying to making dApp with EOS. I have some questions. About token. Should i use "eosio.token" contract to make token economy? Or it is just for example? Then should i make new smart contract ...
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How do tokens that pay dividends work?

If a token is created as a standard eosio.token, what are some approaches for paying out dividends to token holders?
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What's the difference between EOS tokens on sale periods and EOS sold on exchanges?

EOS tokens on exchange services costs around $18 (e.g. eoscountdown.com), but at eosscan.io, tokens for each sale period starts from less than 1USDT. Is it the same token? Otherwise, what's the ...
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What is the smallest unit of eos?

How many decimal places can eos be set to? I want to send the smallest amount of eos to another account.
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How can i send 10,000 NFT in a single transaction like we send EOS tokens

I have implemented the nft statndard in EOS but I am having issue that I can't send more than 60 tokens at a single time. In NFT standard each token has unique id so they need to be send one at a time....
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How to extend the functionality of eosio.token?

I want to create an EOSIO token with additional functionality. For example, I want users to be able to claim() an additional token per day (since e.g. account creation date). Should I create a new ...
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Why am I getting Error 3010014: Invalid symbol when I perform a simple transfer

INFO Jungle Testnet 2.0 <myaccount1> has funds WHAT I WANT TO DO Just perform a simple transfer of EOS such as: cleos transfer <myaccount1> <myaccount2> "1.0000 EOS" cleos ...
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Difference Between Eosio.token and Eosio.system

I have an idea for a DApp I'm looking to build after launch. It won't be large, but it'll be on a large platform (won't name it here because I don't want anyone taking my idea lol). After cloning the ...
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