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Summary
This PR proposes EIP-8129: Non-Transferable Token Standard - a minimal standard for tokens that are permanently bound to an address.
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Introduces a dedicated interface for non-transferable (Soulbound) tokens that eliminates transfer functionality by design, rather than extending ERC-721 and blocking transfers. The standard:
mint(),burn(),ownerOf()This approach addresses architectural mismatches in existing Soulbound implementations (ERC-5192, ERC-4973, ERC-5484) that inherit unused transfer infrastructure.