# ERC-9885: A made-up token

By [LGHT](https://paragraph.com/@lght) · 2023-11-06

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We need more coordination onchain. Creators and their contemporaries. Developers and their opposites. Idea guys and manufacturer minds.

_Trustless_, _permissionless_, and _decentralization_ are all concepts that struggle to materialize in reality. Especially when quorum threshold nouns-forks are the only moderately agreed upon way to coordinate onchain (out-house).

Abstract
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In the way that [ERC-6551](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-6551) looks to embolden NFTs with their own _item bag_, this fictitious token (ERC-9885) looks to embolden a _collection_ with it’s own center point for global coordination.

The simplest way to reduce the idea is:

> allow people to create a _label_ in the time it would take to create an 1155 collection

Motivation
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Coordination.

The value prop of creating an 1155 collection is striking at the individual level. Look to [0xDesigner](https://zora.co/collect/eth:0x5908eb01497b5d8e53c339ea0186050d487c8d0c), [RGBoop](https://opensea.io/collection/hyperbrand-opepen), and [UFO Club](https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x4174f78b7769650c1b205a2e1ac69cd0e47bbe02) to energize. For the individual with a clear vision, [ERC-1155](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-1155) is the new way to scale ideas.

What happens when we want to go beyond the individual?

DAOs are one answer. But they’re just one. Ironically, ERC-1155s are another answer. Look to [The Memes](https://opensea.io/collection/thememes6529), [Noble Gallery](https://opensea.io/collection/noble-gallery), [Based Management](https://opensea.io/collection/based-management), etc.

The constructive critique of the latter being originators of the token’s metadata must relinquish contract control over their work. A noble, and thus acknowledged, form of cooperation - but an obstacle nonetheless.

We’re dreaming about forks of these collections, where the founder has gatekeeping control over the _label_, and the originators of new tokens have control over their contributions.

Overview
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**_A conceptual and not at all technical examination of these two token-ideas:_**

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/76848bd3a8f4a20fafe939bd5aacaa8854c828aa4fca6bc5828b5f74ebd8f494.png)

For the individual, 1155 works wonderfully. I create a collection. I add whatever I want. You come along one day and uncover a whole catalog of cool stuff.

If we want to collaborate under this collection then you’ll have to send me the file and trust that I leave your metadata alone, pay any mint rewards, and properly attribute the work. It’s my token in a very real sense. It is in my collection.

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/05d7543a75c0a1627cdc5943dfa072ad0d11645f108cb2f89af1cc1685e2987c.png)

Now wouldn’t this be interesting?

I create this imaginary 9885 collection. I retain permission on who gets to add to it, **but**, if we want to collaborate you control your work and all pertinent payment, accreditation, data, etc.

Fin
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That’s it. Hopefully some gigabrain has already been tinkering away in the shadows on something like this or better.

For closure, the benefits, in my opinion, are a significant jump in dao-esque experiments. Beyond that you have a birthing ground for creating brands, testing signal, and fostering [positive sum constraints](https://x.com/jackbutcher/status/1721265970621161687?s=20) (h/t JB).

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*Originally published on [LGHT](https://paragraph.com/@lght/erc-9885-a-made-up-token)*