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Displaying tokens and NFTs

In DAOs, some tokens are automatically displayed in the DAO's treasury, while others are not.

Automatically displayed tokens​

  • The native gas/fee token of the chain and any cross-chain accounts the DAO controls.
  • Tokens created via token factory (and thus live in the native bank module of the chain).
  • Tokens transferred over IBC from another chain.

Manually added tokens​

CW20 tokens were the first dynamic tokens supported in the Cosmos, before the x/tokenfactory SDK module was built to enable creating custom tokens without smart contracts.

CW721 NFTs are the base for pretty much all smart-contract-based NFTs in the Cosmos ecosystem.

Since both of these token standards are smart contracts that any protocol or platform can deploy, there is no centralized index of their balances. DAOs must register them manually so the UI knows they exist.

How to display in the treasury​

You can display CW20 tokens and CW721 NFTs in the DAO's treasury with a simple action in a proposal.

Find the Manage Treasury Tokens action in the Treasury category of the action library, and the Manage Treasury NFTs action in the NFTs category.

Manage Treasury Tokens action

Manage Treasury NFTs action

Simply choose the chain (if the token/NFT lives in one of the DAO's cross-chain accounts) and enter the contract address of the token/NFT you want displayed, and the treasury will know to display it once you pass and execute the proposal.

Troubleshooting​

This display feature is necessary due to the nature of CW20 and CW721 tokens, while also serving to reduce spam. Regardless of whether a token or NFT is displayed in the treasury, if it was transferred to the DAO's address, the tokens are owned by the DAO.

If you sent a token/NFT to the treasury and registered it for display, but it's not showing up, it may be an indexer or other issue. Contact us if you've successfully registered a token/NFT for display according to the guide above and still can't see it.