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 # The Digital Asset Model
 
-To avoid redundant data in transactions, the digital asset model is different for `CREATE` and `TRANSFER` transactions.
+The asset ID is the same as the ID of the CREATE transaction that defined the asset.
 
-A digital asset's properties are defined in a `CREATE` transaction with the following model:
+In the case of a CREATE transaction, the transaction ID is duplicated into the asset object for clarity and consistency in the database. The CREATE transaction also contains a user definable payload to describe the asset:
 ```json
 {
+    "id": "<same as transaction ID (sha3-256 hash)>",
     "data": "<json document>"
 }
 ```