2. What is an ERC?
The Ethereum Request for Comments is known by its acronym, ERC.
This idea is modeled on the Request for Comments published by
the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the Internet Society
(ISOC), which are the main technical development and regulatory
bodies of the internet.
An Ethereum Improvement Proposal,
or EIP, is one kind of proposal
3. Ethereum is currently used by the majority of blockchain
smart contracts, and the most widely used token
standards
ERC-223 Token
ERC-721 Token
ERC-20 Token ERC- 827 Token
ERC- 948 Token
ERC- 884 Token
4. ERC20 Token
To comply with ERC20 token development standards, an Ethereum token
has to include a specific set of functions that mean they act and They can
be used in a certain way.
But codifying these principles allows other
applications and smart contracts to interact with ERC-
20 tokens in a known, standardized and predictable
way.
Arguably these are a little more than common sense, since
without them the deployment and administration of the tokens
would be more than complex
5. This proposal seeks to solve the problem of ERC-20 tokens getting stuck
when they are sent to a smart contract that is not designed to work
withto create ERC20 token.
Significant funds have been lost when users have
accidentally sent tokens to such contracts.
ERC-223 Token
6. ERC-721 Tokens
Most tokens are 'fungible' - this means that any token is equal to another.
Fungibility is an important principle for monetary supplementing – every
$10 bill needs to be treated the same way (and be considered equally
valuable) as any other, for example. ERC-721 proposes a token standard
where tokens are not fungible: each one is unique.
ERC-827 Token
ERC-20 tokens allow only the transfer of value. ERC827 allow the
transfer of values and datas.
7. Additionally, third parties may approve spending tokens. The creators of
ERC-827 have taken the trouble to keep their code short and maintain full
compatibility with ERC-20 tokens.
ECR-948 Token
This proposal is designed to connect subscription businesses with
consumers.
Businesses with a subscription model are booming, particularly in sectors
such as streaming media (e.g. Netflix).
As more and more businesses start using blockchain, it will be important
to support subscriptions on Ethereum and other platforms.
8. ERC-884 Token
Following a recent Bill, Delaware General Corporation Law now explicitly
allows the use of blockchain to maintain company share registry.
ERC-884 is designed to represent equity issued by any Delaware
corporation, both public and private, and includes various provisions over
and above ERC20 token that support the use of this use case.
This includes the requirement for token owners to be whitelisted/identity
verified as an integral part of the token.
9. SOCIAL MEDIA
These are just a few of the many proposals for Ethereum token
standards.
The beauty of a decentralized system is that anyone can make
proposals for improvements and have them considered by the
community.