# What is Charged Particles

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[<mark style="color:red;">Charged Particles</mark>](http://charged.fi/) is a protocol that allows users to deposit ERC-20, ERC-721, or ERC-1155 tokens (ANY tokens) into an NFT.&#x20;

[<mark style="color:red;">Charged Particles</mark>](https://www.charged.fi/) enables the creation of yield bearing DeFi NFTs, nested NFTs, time locked capsules, in game assets, and so much more.&#x20;

[<mark style="color:red;">Charged Particles</mark>](https://www.charged.fi/) is blockchain agnostic and currently is deployed on Mainnet, Polygon, Mantle, Zksync, Polygon ZkEVM, and Mode.

Our mission is to become a **core infrastructural technology** in the development of NFTs. We've redefined uniqueness and ushered in a new era of innovation for NFTs.&#x20;

Someday, all NFTs will have the option to be “charged”: In the future, the protocol will be everywhere NFTs exist.&#x20;

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## With Charged Particles, you can:

**Transform a scarce NFT** (e.g. Art, Collectible, Virtual Real Estate, In-Game Item, any NFT) into a basket holding a number of other tokens.

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***You can now deposit ANY ERC-20 token or ANY NFT into ANY NFT, but for yield — Aave’s*** [*<mark style="color:red;">**aTokens**</mark>*](https://aave.com/aTokens) ***will be the primary interest-bearing asset available in the Charged Particles Protocol when we go live.***
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This changes the game for NFTs.

Yield-bearing aTokens with programmable charge is just one of the many assets that NFTs can hold. Have a number of LP Tokens, Speculative tokens or your own social tokens? Deposit any/all of them inside a scarce NFT — all possible.

Additionally, users can easily deposit tokens / assets into OTHER user’s NFTs. Your NFT now has its own wallet.

Users can easily customize the configurations of their NFTs — Mechanics for your Charged Particles include:

* [<mark style="color:red;">Time-Locks</mark>](https://docs.charged.fi/other/glossary-of-terms#time-lock). Assets deposited into an NFT are unable to be withdrawn until a certain time period.
* [<mark style="color:red;">Charge</mark>](https://docs.charged.fi/other/glossary-of-terms#charge)<mark style="color:red;">.</mark> If you deposit an asset that’s supported as an Aave aToken — it’s instantly swapped and you can determine how you would like to treat the interest. For example, this charge can be discharged to a different address — the NFT creator, a friend, a charity — your choice!
* [<mark style="color:red;">Discharge</mark> ](https://docs.charged.fi/other/glossary-of-terms#discharge)(removing accrued interest) Configurations.
* Mass (Principal) Removal Configurations. Do you have to burn the NFT to remove the principle from the NFT?

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***The NFTs created via Charged Particles are still standard non-custodial NFTs that can be sold on popular marketplaces like*** [*<mark style="color:red;">**Rarible**</mark>*](https://rarible.com/) ***or*** [*<mark style="color:red;">**Opensea**</mark>*](https://opensea.io/)***, but you’re enabling them to easily hold other ERC-20 tokens and have programmable interest.***
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This creates a new and independent asset class of “charged” NFTs including tradable markets and establishment as a cornerstone piece of the a “DeFi lego block economy”&#x20;

## The best way to discover Charged Particles is to try it

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[quick-start](https://docs.charged.fi/getting-started/quick-start)
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[protocol-overview](https://docs.charged.fi/charged-particles-protocol/protocol-overview)
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[why-use-charged-particles](https://docs.charged.fi/charged-particles-protocol/why-use-charged-particles)
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[faqs](https://docs.charged.fi/other/faqs)
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[ionx](https://docs.charged.fi/charged-particles-protocol/ionx)
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[glossary-of-terms](https://docs.charged.fi/other/glossary-of-terms)
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