Historical retrospective · NFTs

Wallet support helped make NFT collections interoperable

Common token interfaces such as ERC-721 allowed wallets and marketplaces to discover ownership and support transfers across many collections.

Proposal / specification year: 2021First published

Interoperability reduced bespoke integration work and made tokens easier to display and trade.

The standard layer helped NFTs move from isolated projects into a wider application ecosystem.

Display support is not due diligence; marketplaces may show assets whose provenance, rights or authenticity require separate verification.

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EIP-721 ↗