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Token Ecosystem

Token Gating

Restricting access to content, features, communities, or experiences based on ownership of specific tokens or NFTs. A dApp or website verifies the user's wallet holds a qualifying token before granting access. On Solana, token gating is implemented by reading token accounts or checking NFT collection membership. Common uses include Discord server access, exclusive content, early feature access, and real-world event entry.

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Restricting access to content, features, communities, or experiences based on ownership of specific tokens or NFTs. A dApp or website verifies the user's wallet holds a qualifying token before granting access. On Solana, token gating is implemented by reading token accounts or checking NFT collection membership. Common uses include Discord server access, exclusive content, early feature access, and real-world event entry.

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SPL assets, token standards, metadata, and NFT primitives.

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Token Gating (token-gating)
Category: Token Ecosystem
Definition: Restricting access to content, features, communities, or experiences based on ownership of specific tokens or NFTs. A dApp or website verifies the user's wallet holds a qualifying token before granting access. On Solana, token gating is implemented by reading token accounts or checking NFT collection membership. Common uses include Discord server access, exclusive content, early feature access, and real-world event entry.
Related: NFT (Non-Fungible Token), Collection (NFT), Token Account
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NFT (Non-Fungible Token)

A non-fungible token on Solana—an SPL token with 0 decimals, supply of 1, and revoked mint authority. The NFT's metadata (image, attributes) is stored off-chain (Arweave/IPFS) linked via the Metaplex metadata account's URI field. NFTs can be standard, compressed (cNFT), programmable (pNFT), or Core assets, each with different trade-offs.

MintMetaplex Token Metadata
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Collection (NFT)

A Metaplex standard for grouping NFTs under a parent NFT that represents the collection. Each NFT's metadata includes a collection field with the collection mint address and a 'verified' flag (set by the collection authority via the Verify instruction). Collections enable marketplace grouping, royalty enforcement, and verification.

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Token Account

An account that holds a balance of a specific token for a specific owner. Token accounts store: mint (which token), owner (who controls it), amount (balance), delegate (optional), and state (initialized/frozen). Each wallet needs a separate token account per token type. Token accounts require ~165 bytes and rent-exempt minimum of ~0.002 SOL.

Associated Token Account (ATA)SPL Token Program
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Token Ecosystem

NFT (Non-Fungible Token)

A non-fungible token on Solana—an SPL token with 0 decimals, supply of 1, and revoked mint authority. The NFT's metadata (image, attributes) is stored off-chain (Arweave/IPFS) linked via the Metaplex metadata account's URI field. NFTs can be standard, compressed (cNFT), programmable (pNFT), or Core assets, each with different trade-offs.

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Token Ecosystem

Collection (NFT)

A Metaplex standard for grouping NFTs under a parent NFT that represents the collection. Each NFT's metadata includes a collection field with the collection mint address and a 'verified' flag (set by the collection authority via the Verify instruction). Collections enable marketplace grouping, royalty enforcement, and verification.

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Token Ecosystem

Token Account

An account that holds a balance of a specific token for a specific owner. Token accounts store: mint (which token), owner (who controls it), amount (balance), delegate (optional), and state (initialized/frozen). Each wallet needs a separate token account per token type. Token accounts require ~165 bytes and rent-exempt minimum of ~0.002 SOL.

Open term
Token Ecosystem

Token Group Extension

A Token-2022 extension that natively represents collections of tokens without requiring Metaplex. A mint with the Token Group extension acts as a collection, storing max_size and current_size. Mints with Token Group Member point to their group mint. This provides lightweight, protocol-level NFT collections directly in the token program.

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Token Ecosystemtoken-2022

Token-2022 (Token Extensions)

The next-generation token program (TokenzQdBNbLqP5VEhdkAS6EPFLC1PHnBqCXEpPxuEb) that extends SPL Token with configurable extensions. Extensions include transfer fees, confidential transfers, transfer hooks, permanent delegate, non-transferable tokens, interest-bearing tokens, metadata, and more. Token-2022 is backwards-compatible with SPL Token for basic operations.

AliasToken ExtensionsAliasToken22
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Token Ecosystemtoken-account

Token Account

An account that holds a balance of a specific token for a specific owner. Token accounts store: mint (which token), owner (who controls it), amount (balance), delegate (optional), and state (initialized/frozen). Each wallet needs a separate token account per token type. Token accounts require ~165 bytes and rent-exempt minimum of ~0.002 SOL.

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Token Ecosystemtoken-group

Token Group Extension

A Token-2022 extension that natively represents collections of tokens without requiring Metaplex. A mint with the Token Group extension acts as a collection, storing max_size and current_size. Mints with Token Group Member point to their group mint. This provides lightweight, protocol-level NFT collections directly in the token program.

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Token Ecosystemnft

NFT (Non-Fungible Token)

A non-fungible token on Solana—an SPL token with 0 decimals, supply of 1, and revoked mint authority. The NFT's metadata (image, attributes) is stored off-chain (Arweave/IPFS) linked via the Metaplex metadata account's URI field. NFTs can be standard, compressed (cNFT), programmable (pNFT), or Core assets, each with different trade-offs.

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Token Ecosystemcollection

Collection (NFT)

A Metaplex standard for grouping NFTs under a parent NFT that represents the collection. Each NFT's metadata includes a collection field with the collection mint address and a 'verified' flag (set by the collection authority via the Verify instruction). Collections enable marketplace grouping, royalty enforcement, and verification.

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Token Ecosystemtoken-account

Token Account

An account that holds a balance of a specific token for a specific owner. Token accounts store: mint (which token), owner (who controls it), amount (balance), delegate (optional), and state (initialized/frozen). Each wallet needs a separate token account per token type. Token accounts require ~165 bytes and rent-exempt minimum of ~0.002 SOL.

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Token Ecosystem

SPL Token Program

The original Solana Program Library token program (TokenkegQfeZyiNwAJbNbGKPFXCWuBvf9Ss623VQ5DA) that implements fungible and non-fungible token operations. It manages mints (token definitions) and token accounts (balances). Core instructions include InitializeMint, MintTo, Transfer, Burn, Approve (delegation), and Revoke. All SPL tokens on mainnet before Token-2022 use this program.

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Token Ecosystem

Solana Program Library (SPL)

Solana Program Library—a collection of on-chain programs and client libraries maintained by Solana Labs. Key SPL programs include Token, Token-2022, Associated Token Account, Memo, Name Service, Stake Pool, and Account Compression. SPL programs are deployed to well-known addresses and serve as the standard building blocks for Solana applications.

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Token Ecosystem

Token-2022 (Token Extensions)

The next-generation token program (TokenzQdBNbLqP5VEhdkAS6EPFLC1PHnBqCXEpPxuEb) that extends SPL Token with configurable extensions. Extensions include transfer fees, confidential transfers, transfer hooks, permanent delegate, non-transferable tokens, interest-bearing tokens, metadata, and more. Token-2022 is backwards-compatible with SPL Token for basic operations.

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Token Ecosystem

Mint

An on-chain account defining a token type. A mint specifies: supply (total minted), decimals (0 for NFTs, 6 for USDC, 9 for most tokens), mint authority (who can mint), and optional freeze authority. Each unique token (USDC, JitoSOL, etc.) has exactly one mint account. Mint address serves as the token's unique identifier.

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