clawback
A feature in some blockchain assets allowing an authorized address to forcibly reclaim tokens from a user’s wallet. It introduces centralized control over decentralized assets, often used for compliance or recovery purposes.
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- $MemO Collective: a members' clubhouse of browser games on Algorand Connect an Algorand wallet and a members-only clubhouse opens: browser sports games, a dog track, raffles and a yard-sale marketplace, all priced in the club's $MemO token. Practice runs are free; earning, racing and raffles need one of the club's NFTs.
- Lofty sells shares of single rental properties on Algorand, paid daily Lofty sells tokenized membership interests in individual American rental properties on Algorand, pays rent daily, and lets owners vote on repairs and sales. Shares trade on Lofty's own order book rather than open pools, so how easily a holder can sell depends on each listing's order book.
- Ponchik's PURR: Funded Wallets, Airdrop Tickets That Stayed Put, a Quiet Retreat Ponchik launched PURR on Algorand in February 2024, funded reward and marketing wallets, and issued 3,000 airdrop tickets. Most tickets remain with the creator, and reward and marketing wallets went quiet in November 2024; its asset record shows empty freeze and clawback roles.
- Algorand's Smart ASA v2 moves a token's freeze to a place its holder cannot clear ARC-20 puts an Algorand token's rules in a smart contract. Its v2.0.0 reference implementation, out October 23, keeps account freezes in boxes the contract owns, cutting a holder's locked balance to 0.1 ALGO. The release says the code is unaudited and not upgradable.
- Algorand's 2.7 million post-quantum transactions, and the printer behind a million of them Algorand says it is first to 2.7 million post-quantum transactions. A badge batch and a self-serve printer made about three quarters of the user-signed count, and a third stream more than a tenth. Anyone can repeat the check on the public indexer.
- Yieldly's legacy staking escrow released its ALGO without reading the payment Five payments in ninety-two seconds moved about 390,000 ALGO from Yieldly's legacy staking vault, long after holders were told to withdraw. Its escrow program appears to approve any payment without reading the receiver, amount or asset. The account now holds 0.20107 ALGO.
- Lute is a free Algorand browser wallet, one of five the Foundation recommends Lute is a free Algorand wallet that runs in a browser tab or a Chrome extension, with keys kept on the device and no sign-up. The Algorand Foundation lists it among five wallets for newcomers. One developer builds it. Its gold theme needs a Lutier token.
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