Principles

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A token is a vehicle to capture and transfer some kind of value. As a consequence, it must adhere to some fundamental principles:

REQUIRED (applies to all Fungible Tokens)

• MUST Capture value as expected: (Token Value)
  ** token should be able to capture the underlying value: speculative, reputational, external price, intrinsic value
  ** token should be able to protect against whales manipulation
  

• MUST Protect value restricted to marked forces (Token Integrity):
  ** Protect investor from Issuer Misuse
  **** prevent issuer minting unexpected tokens
  **** prevent issuer creating tokens in networks out of expected scope
  **** manage the token variables to reflect the reality of the aggregated token
  **** notify users in changes of token behaviour and allow withdraw witout lose of value
  ** Token Security: Protect stakeholders from attack
  **** protect token ownership
  **** prevent attacks and vulnerabilities
  **** protect provder disaster recovery mechanisms
  

• MUST Make value available (Token Usability)
  ** Token Distribution: Provide the desired network presence to issuer
  **** token should be able to be created in any EVM enhanced network
  **** allow issuers moving to the desired network
  **** allow holders moving to the desired network
  **** allow decentralized intertoken communications
  

• MUST allow holders about governance decisions
  ** Token Transparency: Provide to holders all details about the token
  **** provide consolidated data
  ** Token Reporting: Provide to holders all details about the token
  

OPTIONAL (decided by issuer):

• CAN Token Privacy: Hide token operations to external observers
  ** optionally hide transactions
  

• CAN Token Compliance: Comply with regulatory requirements
  ** optionally require KYC