# How are the asset named?

## Why?

Using an asset identifier, its secure as it's unique, but it's not memorable, so it was used a similar principle to the DNS to create an ANS (Asset Name System)\
We develop an external actor which reads over the blockchain data and provides a simple API\
For each Fixed Payout asset the pre-image of the asset identifier is taken from the message body.

## How?

Asset: "00000000a16a47c2640e5a3b40a50cbbaca19ac6c9a57666cf1d298c1ddf0049469a05a17b1077bde2c9548c651675353a320690f54c9d30e9797edd25e4fdcb2c351d09"\
has a long name GOOGL240122Bear261500 and a short name GOOGLBear261500.

The addressDB allows us to request the mint information of an asset by using \
`/addressdb/contract/mint :`

```
{
    "executionBlock": 470957,
    "sender": "0278e2befe3063f02b01d1f7c08abae7d0669b58be6691baac94e67ad52c540f22",
    "command": "Issue",
    "messageBody": {
        "dict": [
            [
                "Price",
                {
                    "u64": 261500
                }
            ],
            [
                "Start",
                {
                    "u64": 1643058000000
                }
            ],
            [
                "Expiry",
                {
                    "u64": 1643058000000
                }
            ],
            [
                "Ticker",
                {
                    "string": "GOOGL"
                }
            ],
            [
                "Collateral",
                {
                    "string": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
                }
            ],
            [
                "OraclePubKey",
                {
                    "pk": "020dc7cad106e9284be13576f5271c4f694da464076d2eb44fd5c74265316f70a3"
                }
            ],
            [
                "OracleContractId",
                {
                    "string": "00000000065ee39e9f6af7d6e185f5b72eace28cc48bba05969742f0f9066519f3452369"
                }
            ]
        ]
    }
```

This infos are then formatted to take for the short name: Ticker-Start-Position-Price


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