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creator-token-transfer-validator

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CreatorTokenTransferValidator

  • Name: CreatorTokenTransferValidator
  • URL: https://github.com/limitbreakinc/creator-token-standards
  • Category: NFT transfer-policy registry / shared transfer-validator middleware / creator-controlled marketplace-policy layer
  • Summary: CreatorTokenTransferValidator is the shared policy engine behind the ERC721-C / ERC1155-C line. It lets collection operators choose transfer rules, list policy objects, receiver constraints, and authorizer hooks from one registry. That makes it a stronger modern control-plane note than the older royalty-discovery or blacklist-only systems around it.
  • What it does:
    • Lets collection owners apply a shared transfer-policy registry to one or more creator-token collections they control
    • Supports multiple transfer security levels, from permissive transfers to whitelist-gated operator policies and stricter receiver constraints
    • Maintains blacklist, whitelist, and authorizer lists keyed by list id, with list ownership that can be reassigned and reused across collections
    • Supports receiver constraints such as no-code or verified-EOA requirements at higher security levels
    • Supports authorizer-driven transfer flows that can temporarily authorize specific operators or token transfers during compatible marketplace fulfillment paths
    • Exposes account-freezing, token-type registration, and collection-specific policy settings in newer contract versions
  • Key claims:
    • The Limit Break README is explicit that creator-token implementations point into CreatorTokenTransferValidator for transfer policy. The reusable surface is the validator, not just the token wrappers.
    • The contract exposes a real policy matrix rather than a single royalties enforced toggle. Security levels, receiver constraints, over-the-counter rules, and authorizers all change what transfers are allowed.
    • The list system matters because it creates reusable governance objects. Collections can inherit and coordinate policy through shared list ids instead of each token contract carrying a one-off ruleset.
    • The authorizer path is the important upgrade over a plain shared blacklist. OpenSea’s creator-fee-enforcement flow uses SignedZone as an authorizer that temporarily blesses compatible transfers, so order-time authorization becomes part of the transfer stack.
    • This is the sharper current baseline for creator-controlled NFT transfer policy: broader than royalty lookup, more durable than the old OpenSea blacklist model, and explicit about who gets to admit movement.
  • Whitepaper: No canonical standalone whitepaper or litepaper surfaced in this pass. The strongest primary materials were the official Creator Token Standards repository, the validator Solidity source, adjacent ERC1155-C / creator-token docs that show how tokens point into the validator, and OpenSea’s creator-fee-enforcement docs collected in ../../whitepapers/creator-token-transfer-validator-primary-sources-2026-05-11.md.
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