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+  RWA Token Program
+</h1>
+<p>
+  Program to issue, manage, and integrate off-chain backed tokens on SVM blockchains.
+</p>
+
+## Overview
+Non-blockchain originated tokens (NBOs), also referred to as Real World Assets (RWAs), encompass tangible and intangible assets with property rights enforced by a legal system rather than the blockchain. The blockchain serves as a programmable ledger for these assets and trust-minimized applications that seek to interface with them. The solution described below seeks to standardize NBOs in a way that is:
+
+1. **Unopinionated** to support the legal frameworks of all jurisdictions and blockchain applications. 
+2. **Flexible** to support a diverse set of asset classes and representations, including tangible assets (real estate, commodities) and intangible assets (tokenized equities, climate assets, intellectual property)
+3. **Composable** to ensure minimal overhead in composing across new applications and existing standards like Metaplex and Token-2022.
+
+To accomplish the above, we propose developing a modular framework that standardizes assets across the following primitives:
+
+1. **Asset Management:** A program for asset issuers to create and enforce rules for asset management, such as transfer controls and privacy. This program will rely heavily on Token-2022.
+2. **Policy Engine Program:** A program that allows for fully on-chain management of policies regarding token transfers including transaction size, count, and velocity.
+3. **Identity Registry:** A program for asset issuers to manage and share wallet-to-identity relationships used by the Asset Management program.
+4. **Asset Data Registry:**  A program for asset issuers to establish and manage naive asset data in the form of ownership data (titles, deeds, or audits), legal information (filings and liens), and informational data.
+
+These programs limit the assumed necessary functionality to the support of permissioning, identity, on-chain ownership information, on-chain legal information, and off-chain asset information. This ensures that applications will benefit from a shared source of truth while maintaining optionality to create asset class-specific standards within any particular program (e.g. a Legal Registry standard specific to a Regulation D security).
+
+## Getting Started
+
+This program is currently in development and not for active use. If you wish to contribute, please reach out to team [at] bridgesplit [dot] com.