# Tokens

Tokens are ERC20 Ethereum contracts that represent fungible assets. They are the most common type of asset on Ethereum and are used in a wide variety of applications, including decentralized exchanges, lending protocols, and more.

# Token attributes

# address

The address of the token contract on Ethereum. These are 20-byte hexadecimal strings that are unique to each token. For example, the address of the Wrapped Ether (WETH) contract is 0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2.

# symbol

The symbol of the token, for example WETH for Wrapped Ether. This is a short string that is used to represent the token in user interfaces. This is set by the creator of the token contract.

# name

The name of the token, for example Wrapped Ether. This is a longer string that is used to represent the token in user interfaces. This is set by the creator of the token contract.

We support similarity searches on the name attribute, so you can search for tokens that have similar names.

# decimals

The number of decimal places that the token uses. This is used to convert the raw token balance (which is an integer) into a human-readable number. For example, Wrapped Ether has 18 decimal places, so a balance of 1000000000000000000 is displayed as 1.0.