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CRYPTO GLOSSARY

Metadata

A small text file listing an NFT's name, description and traits, with a link to its image.

Metadata in more detail

That link leads to the metadata: a small text file listing the NFT's name, description, traits and a second link.

Some contracts lock the links for good. Marketplaces may label this as frozen metadata.

Is the metadata frozen? Or can the contract's owner change it?

FROM LESSON 52 · 4 MIN READWhere an NFT's data livesMost NFTs store only a link on the blockchain. Learn what metadata is, the difference between a web server, IPFS and on-chain storage, and how to check whether an NFT's image could change or vanish.Read the lesson

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