Token operations
The actions authorized issuers and agents use to manage a token's lifecycle.
Authority before action
In the issuer portal, these actions are on the asset's Operations tab. Agent roles and compliance rules are on the Rules & roles tab.
Your connected wallet must hold the contract role that the operation requires. Workspace access is not enough; see token suites. A Safe-controlled action goes through the Safe's proposal, co-signature, and execution steps.
Operating controls
| Operation | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Mint | Create tokens for a recipient, subject to the operation's checks |
| Burn | Remove tokens through an authorized supply operation |
| Pause or unpause | Control whether ordinary transfers can proceed |
| Freeze a wallet or an amount | Restrict movement of holdings covered by that control |
| Forced transfer | Move tokens using an authorized agent operation |
| Recovery | Move holdings to an approved replacement wallet. See the limits below |
| Manage agents (Rules & roles) | Assign or remove the relevant contract's operational permissions |
| Configure compliance (Rules & roles) | Update supported rules such as supply, holding, and jurisdiction limits |
Privileged operations do not always use the same checks as ordinary investor transfers. A pause or freeze does not stop every administrative operation, so do not describe it that way.
Recovery is an authorized process
The token contracts let authorized agents recover holdings to a replacement wallet, with identity checks. This is not the same as restoring a wallet's private key. In the T-REX implementation (the ERC-3643 contracts that Real uses), recovery moves holdings through a forced transfer. It does not burn the old balance and mint an equal new one.
Only authorized agents can perform recovery, and the contract's requirements must be met. Do not describe it as a user-controlled password reset.
Good to know
Review, sign, confirm
Before you sign, review the intended recipient, amount, rule change, or role assignment. A submitted request, a collected Safe signature, and a confirmed transaction are different stages. Check the final result before you repeat an operation. See How transactions settle.