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Shard NFT

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Pronunciation
[shard en-eff-tee]
Analogy
Like owning a numbered piece of a larger mural, where each shard NFT grants rights to that segment.
Definition
A non-fungible token that represents fractional ownership or participation rights in a specific shard of a sharded blockchain or pooled asset.
Key Points Intro
Shard NFTs tokenize fractional claims within sharded or pooled blockchain systems.
Key Points

Fractional ownership: each NFT maps to a shard’s stake or asset slice

Unique metadata: identifies shard ID and associated parameters

Governance rights: may grant voting or fee-share privileges

Transferable: NFTs enable secondary market liquidity

Example
A sharded staking protocol issues Shard NFTs to represent each validator’s 32 ETH stake pool share on a particular shard.
Technical Deep Dive
Shard NFTs implement ERC-721 or ERC-1155 with on-chain metadata linking to shard state contracts. Smart contracts map NFT token IDs to shard indices, track rewards distribution, and enforce validation rules via Merkle proofs of shard state.
Security Warning
Smart contract bugs in shard mapping can misassign rewards or shard ownership.
Caveat
Secondary liquidity depends on market demand; illiquid shards can reduce NFT value realizations.
Related Terms
Validator
Staking Pool

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