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Vijay Krishnan
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Vijay Krishnan

Vijay Krishnan, an experienced expert in blockchain and Web3, holds the position of head of SysOps for Linea, a Layer 2 blockchain at Consensys. With a rich background in blockchain, he's guided Fortune 100 companies from ideation to product build. With over 50 projects and 300+ use cases to his credit, Vijay has left an indelible mark on the industry. Prior to Consensys, he pioneered the AWS Partner Blockchain ecosystem and led IBM North America's Blockchain Practice. With two decades on Wall Street, he possesses deep financial and tech insights. Vijay, a leader and subject matter expert, empowers clients in DeFi, NFTs, gaming, and the metaverse. Beyond work, he's a mentor, speaker, author, and organic farmer. His knowledge and innovation continue to shape the blockchain and Web3 landscape.
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Understanding NFT standard ERC-998

ERC-998 is a token standard on the Ethereum blockchain that allows for the creation of complex tokens that can contain other tokens. This standard enables the creation of tokens with hierarchical ownership structures, where a token can contain other tokens that represent sub-assets.

ERC-998 tokens are identified by a unique ID and can contain a mixture of fungible tokens and NFTs. This makes it ideal for creating more complex assets, such as collections of ERC-721 tokens.

Here are a few examples of ERC-998 tokens:

  • The Mokens project, which uses ERC-998 to create multi-token contracts (mokens) that can contain other tokens and assets
  • The Ocean Blue project, which allows users to create and trade tokens representing seashells, each of which can contain pearls and other seashells as ERC-998 sub-tokens

Let’s go over an example of an ERC-998-based smart contract. In this example, we will create a Token721 contract that represents...

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Vijay Krishnan

Vijay Krishnan, an experienced expert in blockchain and Web3, holds the position of head of SysOps for Linea, a Layer 2 blockchain at Consensys. With a rich background in blockchain, he's guided Fortune 100 companies from ideation to product build. With over 50 projects and 300+ use cases to his credit, Vijay has left an indelible mark on the industry. Prior to Consensys, he pioneered the AWS Partner Blockchain ecosystem and led IBM North America's Blockchain Practice. With two decades on Wall Street, he possesses deep financial and tech insights. Vijay, a leader and subject matter expert, empowers clients in DeFi, NFTs, gaming, and the metaverse. Beyond work, he's a mentor, speaker, author, and organic farmer. His knowledge and innovation continue to shape the blockchain and Web3 landscape.
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