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Mint the Owner and TokenMaster tokens
jorge-campo
jorge-campo
and
earakel
on Nov 15, 2024

Only relevant to:
Owners
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You can only mint the Owner and TokenMaster tokens using Status desktop.

As a community owner, you can mint two unique tokens to administer your community: Owner and TokenMaster. Holding these tokens grants the Owner and TokenMaster roles, respectively.

With the Owner token, you have complete control over the community, including transferring your community ownership or minting other tokens.

When you mint the Owner token, you also mint the TokenMaster token in the same process. You can airdrop the TokenMaster token to other members and share the community administration workload.

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To understand the function of these tokens in your community, check out Understand the Owner and Token Master tokens.

  • You must mint the Owner token for your community to import, mint or airdrop other community tokens.
  • After minting, the Owner token is automatically airdropped to your Status Wallet. The TokenMaster token is visible in the
    Settings
     >
    Tokens
     screen but not in your Status Wallet.
  • You can airdrop the TokenMaster token to people you want to help administer the community.
  • As a community owner, you can revoke the administrative privileges associated with the TokenMaster token anytime by remotely destructing the token.
caution
If you don't mint the Owner token and the computer running your community becomes unavailable, you will lose access to your community forever, even if you know your recovery phrase. In this scenario, the community remains active with minimal functionality, but without an Owner and control node (orphaned community).

  1. 1
    From the navigation sidebar, click your community.
  2. 2
    At the top of the channel sidebar, click your community logo and then click
    Tokens
     and
    Mint Owner token
    .
  3. 3
    In the
    Tokens
     screen, click
    Mint Owner token
    .
  4. 4
    Review the information about the tokens and click
    Next
    . You can't change this information.
  5. 5
    Select the Status Wallet account and networks you want to use to mint the tokens. Review the gas fee and click
    Mint
    .
  6. 6
    Review the transaction details and click
    Sign transaction
    . Enter your Status password to confirm the transaction.
  7. 7
    Wait for the minting process to finish. You can check the minting status in the
    Tokens
     screen.

After minting, you can find the Owner and TokenMaster tokens in the

Tokens
screen.

tip
You can identify the Owner token by the crown symbol. The TokenMaster token has a crypto-coins symbol.
Updated by
jorge-campo
jorge-campoon Nov 15, 2024
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