Token Central
Create Policies, Mint or Burn Native Tokens and NFTs
To mint a token (Fungible or NFT), you need a Policy for each. When you create
a Policy, you need to specify if it will be used to mint a fungible or non-fungible
token. Creating a Policy, and every minting or burning of a native asset, have a
minimal fee in ADA or Minting Credits (MC). One (1) MC is normally pegged at
1.00 ADA (₳) but you may purchase MCs in bulk to save on fees (as much as 75% off
or 0.25 ₳ per MC).
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Policy Maker
Create or use an existing Policy to mint a token or NFT with
time lock option.
Fee: 1 MC per Policy
POLICY MAKER
NFT Minter
You can mint and burn a single or collection of NFT or update
metadata on the blockchain.
Fee: 1 MC per NFT
NFT MINTER
Token Minter
You can mint fungible tokens then remint additional or burn
existing supplies.
Fee: 1 MC per Token
TOKEN MINTER
Token Registry
We will manually submit your asset metadata (logo, ticker, etc.)
to the Cardano Token Registry.
Fee: 200 MC per Token
REGISTER TOKEN
Token Policy Primer
When you first create a Policy, you have to choose whether to
Time Lock it or not. Time locked Policy means after a certain
number of slots in the network, your Policy will be locked and no
longer be able to mint, burn or remint a token. This is particularly
useful for NFTs wherein the scarcity and uniqueness of the asset are
the main driving factors of its value.
For fungible tokens, time locking a Policy may not be appropriate
as there are times when you need to remint additional supply, or
just the opposite, burn excess supply. But in both cases, unlocked
Policy does not guarantee that the supply will not be inflated
by the Policy owner in the future, so it could greatly affect its value.
For NFTs, it is very important to properly decide whether to time lock
the Policy or not, as there are both advantages and disadvantages.
One of the disadvantages of unlocked Policy is that the token holder
will not be guaranteed that no similar NFT or additional quantity
(thus turning it into a fungible token instead) will be reminted in
the future, nor will it be guaranteed that the asset will permanently
be stored in the blockchain, as it can still be burned.
However, there are cases wherein unlocked Policy can be very useful
and advantageous. For instance, a gaming NFT normally changes in
traits and characteristics, say when a player levels up in a game.
Usually the player's avatar, which can be represented by an NFT,
also needs to change its attributes, which are represented by the
metadata embedded in an NFT. So if the need to update the metadata
in the future is foreseeable, then the creation state of the Policy
will be very crucial for the game.