Transfer
A transfer is a single ERC-20 token movement between two addresses, decoded from theTransfer event a token contract emits. Transfers capture the directional flow of value across a chain — who sent what, to whom, and for how much.
By decoding every ERC-20 Transfer event, Prism gives you a complete, unbiased view of on-chain token movement.
Mints and Burns
ERC-20 contracts signal supply changes through the sameTransfer event, using the zero address as the counterparty. A transfer from the zero address creates tokens; a transfer to the zero address destroys them.
Prism classifies these explicitly rather than reporting them as ordinary transfers, so you can separate real economic flow from supply changes. See Transfer Type.