ARC-89

An Algorand Request for Comments standard that defines a registry for storing asset metadata directly on the blockchain using box storage. It supersedes earlier metadata approaches like ARC-19 and ARC-69.

ARC-89 metadata SDK is ready on Testnet, with the MainNet registry still TBD The Algorand Foundation's TypeScript SDK for ARC-89 stores asset descriptions in a registry app's box storage instead of an off-chain file. It works on Testnet, where the registry held 20 records as of October 27; the spec's MainNet deployment entry still reads TBD.
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