Tokens and their Classifications

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Aug 26, 2022

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Updated: Nov 1, 2022

Tokens are the digital representations of a particular asset or utility in a blockchain. All tokens can be termed altcoins, but they are differentiated by residing on top of another blockchain and not being native to the blockchain on which they reside.

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