# The ballman smart contract, cornerstone of the ballman project

The Ballman and its basic traits and properties are defined by an Ethereum ERC-721 smart contract. As such, its properties are immutable and it benefits from all the guarantees and features expected from a standard NFT, including the ability to be sold on a marketplace like Opensea.


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