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Soulbound Tokens and Digital Identity: How Non-Transferable…

By Damilola Esebame

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KEY TAKEAWAYS Soulbound tokens are non-transferable NFTs that permanently attach to a single wallet address, representing credentials, reputation, and identity on blockchain networks. Ethereum cofounder Vitalik Buterin introduced the soulbound token concept in a January 2022 blog post inspired by character-bound items found in online games. The ERC-5192 standard defines the technical framework for…