Minting (Mint)

Minting is the act of writing a new token record to a blockchain — analogous to striking a coin, except the "mint" is a smart contract function that creates an entry in the contract's on-chain state and assigns it to an owner address. For domain tokenization, minting is the critical step where a real DNS name becomes a blockchain-native asset: Namefi's smart contract calls mint, creating an ERC-721 NFT whose token ID maps to a specific domain. From that moment the domain can be transferred peer-to-peer, listed on an NFT marketplace, or used in DeFi without touching the traditional registrar workflow. Minting requires gas to pay for the computation, and the tokenize process also involves locking the registrar record so the on-chain owner controls DNS configuration. Once minted, the NFT is the source of truth for ownership; burning (destroying) it returns control to the conventional registration system. Source: Ethereum Foundation — NFTs Explained.